this immenfe ifland, a veffel for this purpofe might be vic- 

 tualled at the Cape of Good Hope, or Canton ; nor is the voyage 

 a diftant one, when compared with thofe of Captain Cook. New 

 Guinea alfo mould be better explored. 



We fcarcely know more of the iflands of Triftan da Cunha 

 than their Longitude and Latitude; but their interior parts mould 

 be examined. Not vaftly diftant is Sandwich Land, which many 

 on board Captain Cook fuppofed to be a vaft. continent. It may 

 be objected indeed that if it is fo, it will turn out to-be a conti- 

 nent of ice and mow ; I am not here, however, recommending 

 difcoveries for the purpofe of commerce, but for the improve- 

 ment of geography. 



I fhould conceive that a voyage either from the Cape or Brafil 

 would eafily give opportunity of effectuating both thefe purpofes. 



Perhaps whilft difcoveries by fea are thus dwelt upon, encou- 

 ragement mould be given to travellers by land, for procuring 

 better information with regard to the central parts of Afia, Africa, 

 and America. In lhort, let us endeavour to know as much as we 

 may of our globe ; nor fhould this be confidered as a vain and 

 trifling curiofity, though no benefits to commerce may refult from 

 thefe inquiries. 



