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INTRODUCTION. 
This testimony of public gratitude, reminds the Editor, 
that there are fimilar calls upon himfelf. He owes much 
to Captain King for his advice and direction, in a variety of 
inftances, where Captain Cook’s Journal required explana¬ 
tion ; for filling up feveral blanks with the proper longi¬ 
tude and latitude; and for fupplying deficiencies in the 
tables of afixonomical obfervations. 
Lieutenant Roberts was alfo frequently confulted, and 
was always found to he a ready and effectual afliftant, when 
any nautical difficulties were to be cleared up. 
But particular obligations are due to Mr. Wales, who, 
befides the valuable communications which have been 
adopted in this Introduction, feconded moft liberally the 
Editor’s views of ferving Mrs. Cook, by cheerfully taking 
upon himfelf the whole trouble of digefting, from the log¬ 
books, the tables of the route of the fhips, which add fo 
greatly to the utility of this publication. 
Mr. Wegg, befides fharing in the thanks fo juftly due to 
the committee of the Hudfon’s Bay Company, for their un- 
referved communications, was particularly obliging to the 
Editor, by giving him repeated opportunities of converfing 
with Governor Hearne, and Captain Chriftopher. 
The Honourable Mr. Daines Barrington had the good- 
nefs to interelt himfelf, with his ufual zeal for every 
work of public utility, in procuring fome necefiary in¬ 
formation, and fuggefting fome valuable hints which were 
adopted. 
It would be great injuftice not to exprefs our acknow¬ 
ledgments to Mr. Pennant, who, befides enriching the third 
volume with references to his Art'iic Zoology , the publica¬ 
tion of which will be an important accelfion to Natural 
Hiftory, alfo communicated fome very authentic and fatis- 
facRory manufcript accounts of the Ruffian difcoveries. 
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