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INTRODUCTION. 
by their drawings, might illuftrate what conld only be im¬ 
perfectly defcribed; mathematicians *, who might treafure 
up an extenfive feries of fcientific ohfervations; and per- 
fons verfed in the various departments of the hiftory of 
nature, who might collect, or record, all that they fhould 
find new and valuable, throughout the wide extent of 
their refearches. But while moft of thefe afiociates of our 
naval difcoverers, were liberally rewarded by the Public, 
there was one gentleman, who thinking it the nobleft re¬ 
ward he could receive, to have an opportunity of making 
the ample fortune he inherited from his an cello rs, fubfer- 
vient to the improvement of fcience, ftepped forward of 
his own accord, and fubmitting to the hardfhips and dan¬ 
gers of a circumnavigation of the globe, accompanied Cap¬ 
tain Cook in the Endeavour. The learned world, I may 
alfo fay the unlearned, will never forget the obligations 
which it owes to Sir Jofeph Banks. 
What real acquisitions have been gained, by this mu¬ 
nificent attention to fcience, cannot be better exprefied than 
in the words of Mr. Wales, who engaged in one of thefe 
voyages himfelf, and contributed largely to the benefits de¬ 
rived from them. 
u That branch of natural knowledge which may be 
(6 called nautical ajlronomy , was undoubtedly in its infancy, 
u when thefe voyages were firft undertaken. Both inftru- 
* Mr. Green, in the Endeavour; Meflrs. Wales and Bayly, in the Refolution and 
Adventure; Mr. Bayly, a fecond time, jointly with Captains Cook and King in this 
voyage ; and Mr. Lyons, who accompanied Lord Mulgrave. The ohfervations of 
Meflrs. Wales and Bayly, during Captain Cook’s fecond voyage, are already in the 
hands of the Public, by the favour of the Board of Longitude; and thofe of Captains 
Cook and King, and Mr. Bayly, during this laid, will appear immediately after our Publi¬ 
cation. 
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