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received him in the most friendly manner ; and cod- 

 dudes by holding up Captain Cook in triumphant 

 contrast with the American navigator. 



Be it so. — If Captain Cook is thus considered by 

 the world as a person of such " high honour and 

 humanitif'^ — if " he is born for all countries and 

 ages^^ — if " he will be held in grateful admiration 

 long after his lidiculous rival is forgotten^^ — if " it 

 is not possible to read his voyage without an expansion 

 and elevation of mind /"—if " the best feelings of our 

 nature are interested in his adventures'^'' — and, if " we 

 accompany him through a captivating alternation of 

 suffering and success, xvith pity, respect, and 

 triumph — ail which the Reviewer affirms to be 

 the case— so be it. The author must of course sub- 

 mit to such high authority. But as a matter 

 of curious philosophical speculation, it may be 

 worth while to recite some of the most brilliant 

 specimens of Cook's " high honour and generosity,'^ 

 and compare them with those of this " execrable 

 marauder," Captain Porter, and his " blood-hounds.'^ 

 After this, the reader may exercise his ingenuity in 

 inquiry, how it happens that EngHsh honour and 

 humanity are compatible with actions, that in an 

 American, become those of an " execrable marauder.'^ 



We w ill begin with the relation of Cook's Voyage 

 round the ¥/orld in the Resolution, by George 

 Forster, F. R. S., &:c. w4io accompanied that expedi- 

 tion, in order to prove, in the first place, that on 

 many occasions, where they were received with the 

 most perfect friendship, and treated with endear- 

 ing confidence and hospitality, the most wan- 

 ton outrages were practised upon the natives. On 

 one occasion, Mr. Forster observes : — 



They shared the abundant produce of their soil 

 with their new acquaintance, being no longer ap- 



