A 
VOYAGE 
TO THE 
PACIFIC OCEAN. 
BOOK I. 
TRANSACTIONS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE VOYAGE TILL 
OUR DEPARTURE FROM NEW ZEALAND. 
CHAP. I. 
Various Preparations for the Voyage. — Omul’s Behaviour 
on embarking.—Obfervations for determining the Lon - 
gitude of SheernefS) and the North Foreland.—Pajfage 
of the Refolution from Deptford to Plymouth .— Employ¬ 
ments there.—Complements of the Crews of both Ships 9 
and Names of the Officers.—Obfervations to fix the Longi¬ 
tude of Plymouth.—Departure of the Refolution . 
H AVING, Oil the ninth Day of February 1776, re¬ 
ceived a commiffion to command his Majefty’s 
Hoop the Refolution, I went on board the next day, 
hoifted the pendant, and began to enter men. At the fame 
time, the Difcovery, of three hundred tons burthen, was 
Vol, I, B purchafed 
1776, 
February. 
J 
Saturday so. 
