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Sound, where he was delighted to find the Ad- 

 venture, which had been waiting there for six 

 weeks for the Resolution, from which she had 

 been separated for over three months. The 

 sailors of both ships showed great pleasure at 

 meeting one another again, and this pleasure 

 manifested itself by a generous absorption of 

 rum. 



Captain Furneaux reported to his chief the 

 events which had followed upon the Adventure 

 losing sight of the Resolution. He had coasted 

 along Van Diemen's land, and was of the opin- 

 ion that there was no strait between it and New 

 Holland, but only a very deep bay. He had 

 then sailed to the rendezvous appointed by 

 Cook. 



Cook's intention was to stay no longer than a 

 couple of months in Queen Charlotte Sound, 

 which he proposed to employ in exploring for 

 the second time the country where he had been 

 three years before. 



He also wished to try to acclimatise the ani- 

 mals and vegetables of Europe. With this end 

 in view, he took ashore the only ram and sheep 

 which remained of those he had shipped at the 

 Cape. Some days later both were found dead, 

 apparently poisoned by venomous plants. He 

 then landed a pair of goats. Captain Furneaux 

 had meanwhile established a boar and two sows 



