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body remarked that Cook's ship looked like 

 Noah's Ark! 



On November loth the Discovery entered 

 Table Bay. She had been prevented from ar- 

 riving sooner by a terrible storm which had 

 swept over the vicinity, the effects of which had 

 been felt at the Cape. 



On November 30th, when the two ships were 

 fully equipped and furnished with provisions 

 for two years, Cook, who had given Clerke in- 

 structions in writing how to follow him should 

 they be separated, set sail, and for the third time 

 proceeded towards the Pacific. 



The two ships steered south-east. Some days 

 after leaving the Cape they found the water 

 round them reddish, as though tinged with 

 blood. Surprised at this abnormal colour, Cook 

 had some of the water drawn in buckets, and on 

 examining it under the microscope found that 

 it was full of little red creatures of the shape of 

 crayfish. 



As Cook entered the southern seas on his way 

 to the coast of New Zealand, the cold became 

 keener, although it was the heart of summer in 

 this part of the world. The wind blew fiercely, 

 and great waves assailed the ship on every side. 

 Several goats and a few sheep could not resist 



