€Outrastuig him with the very men whose examples 

 more than justify him, if exampie is to be the test. 

 Particular attention will be paid to the voyages of 

 Captain Cook, because he has been particularly 

 arrayed against the author ; and most especially, 

 for the reason, that the editor who revised, cor- 

 rected, and digested that celebrated production, was 

 no less a personage than the famous Dr. Hawks- 

 worth, second only to two or three names in British 

 literature, as a pure and classical writer. It may 

 also be remarked in this place, that all the Enghsh 

 voyages from which the author intends to draw his 

 examples, were laboriously and at leisure, either 

 revised, corrected, and published, by the navigators 

 themselves, or most generally, by professional lite 

 rary men, who coolly and deliberately sat in judg- 

 ment upon them, and decided with reflection. The 

 first edition of this Journal, on the contrary, did not 

 enjoy the benefit, either of the author's corrections, 

 or the revision of any other person. 



The author had intended to commence with some 

 passages from the venerable and w orthy captain Van- 

 couver, an elderly gendeman, long past the heyday 

 of youth, and beyond all doubt, well schooled in the 

 pure morality of the English critical atmosphere. 

 But, on reflection, he abandoned his intention, not 

 only from respect to that harmless person, but on 

 the ground of his not having been brought forward 

 by the Reviewer on this occasion. He wishes not 

 to drag forth to the notice of his countrymen, any 

 facts but such as are connected with, and necessary 

 to, his purpose ; and will therefore principally con- 

 fine himself to an investigation of the decoruns 

 and humanity of Captain Cook, as inculcated by his 

 own example, A few exceptions will however 

 occur. 



The editor of the famous collection of English 



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