voy visitor had entertained me with an account of his 1769. February. 1769 March. Sunday 7. particulars from the account printed by M. Bougainville, I shall not pretend to determine how much of it is true; but I was then very forry that the Lieutenant had not communicated to me the intelligence he received, fuch as it was, before my guest left me, and I was now very defirous to speak with him again, but this was impoffible; for though the French fhip was foul from a long voyage, and we had just been cleaned, the shot by us as if we had been at anchor, notwithstanding we had a fine fresh gale, and all our fails fet. On the 7th of March, we made the Western Islands, and went between Saint Michael and Tercera; in this fituation we found the variation 13° 36′ W. and the winds began to blow from the S. W. The gale as we got farther to the weftward. increased, and on the Thurfd. 11. 11th, having got to W. N. W. it blew very hard, with a great fea; we fcudded before it with the forefail only, the foot rope of which fuddenly breaking, the fail blew all to pieces, before we could get the yard down, though it was done inftantly. This obliged us to bring the ship to, but having, with all possible expedition, bent a new forefail, and got the yard up, we bore away again; this was the laft accident that hapThurf. 18. pened to us during the voyage. On the 16th, being in latitude 49° 15' N we got foundings. On the 18th Tuefd. 16. I knew by the depth of water that we were in the Channel, but the wind being to the northward, we Friday 19. could not make land till the next day, when we saw Saturd. 20. the Start Point; and on the 20th, to our great joy, we anchored at Spithead, after a very fine paffage, and a fair wind all the way from the Cape of Good Hope. AN ΑΝ ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE round the WORLD, IN THE YEARS MDCCLXVIII, MDCCLXIX, MDCCLXX, AND MDCCLXXI. BY LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK, Commander of his MAJESTY'S Bark the ENDEAVOUR. AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE round the WORLD. BOOK I. CHAP. I. The Paffage from Plymouth to Madeira, with fome H 1768. May. AVING received my commiffion, which was charge of the ship, which then lay in the bafon in July: Auguft. While we lay here waiting for a wind, the articles Satur. 13of war and the act of parliament were read to the fhip's company, who were paid two months wages in advance, and told that they were to expect no additional pay for the performance of the voyage. Wedn. 31. On Friday the 26th of Auguft, the wind becoming Friday 26. fair, we got under fail, and put to fea. On the 31st, we saw several of the birds which the failors call Mother Cary's Chickens, and which they fuppofe to be the |