INTRODUCTION, 
Ixxxv 
The vocabularies of the Friendly and Sandwich I {lands, 
and of the natives of Nootka, had been furnilhed to Cap¬ 
tain Cook, by his moll ufeful affociate in the voyage, Mr. 
Anderfon; and a fourth, in which the language of the 
Efquimaux is compared with that of the Americans on the 
oppofite fide of the continent, had been prepared by the 
Captain himfelf. But the comparative Table of Numerals, 
which is marked N° 2. in the Appendix, was very obli¬ 
gingly drawn up, at the requeft of the Editor, by Mr. 
Bryant, who, in his ftudy, has followed Captain Cook, 
and, indeed, every traveller and hiftorian, of every age, 
into every part of the globe. The Public will conlider this 
Table as a very ftriking illuftration of the wonderful mi¬ 
grations of a nation, about whom fo much additional in¬ 
formation has been gained by our voyages, and be ready to 
acknowledge it as a very ufeful communication. 
One more communication remains to be not only ac¬ 
knowledged, but to be inferted at the clofe of this Intro¬ 
duction. The teflimonies of learned contemporaries, in 
commendation of a deceafed Author, are frequently dis¬ 
played in the front of his book. It is with the greatefl 
propriety, therefore, that we prefix to this pofthumous 
work of Captain Cook the teftimony of one of his own 
profeflion, not more diftinguifhed by the elevation of 
rank, than by the dignity of private virtues. As he willies 
to remain concealed, perhaps this allufion, for which we 
intreat his indulgence, may have given too exadt direc¬ 
tion to the eyes of the Public where to look for fuch a 
character. Let us, however, reft fatisfied with the intrinfic 
merit of a compofition, conveyed under the injundtion. 
of fecrecy ; and conclude our long preliminary diflertatiou 
with exprelfing a wilh, or rather a well-grounded hope, 
that 
