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TO THE MEMORY OF 
Captain JAMES COOK, 
The ablefl and moil renowned Navigator this 
or any country hath produced. 
E raifed himfeljfolely by his merits from a very obfcure< 
birth, to the rank of Poft Captain in the royal navy, 
and was, unfortunately, killed by the Savages of the i/land 
Owhyhee, on the 14 tb of February 1779 ; which i/land he had, 
not long before, difcovered, when profecuting his third voyage 
round the globe. 
He poffieffied, in an eminent degree, all the qualification? 
requifite for his profeffion and great undertakings ; together 
with the amiable and worthy qualities of the beft men. 
Cool and deliberate in judging : fagacious in determining .* 
active in executing: feady and per fevering in enterprifmg 
from vigilance and unremitting caution : unjubdued by labour y 
difficulties, and difappointments : fertile in expedients : never ; 
wanting prefence of mind: always poffieffing himfelf and the 
full ufe of a found underfunding. 
Mild, juf, but exadi in difcipline: he was a father to his 
people, who were attached to him from affieBion, and obedient 
from confidence. 
His knowledge, his experience, his fagacity, rendered him fa 
entirely mafler of his fubjeB, that the greatefl obfacles were 
fur mounted, and the mof dangerous navigations became eafy, 
and almofl fafe, under his direBmu 
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