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It will be seen from the above that the present work owes its existence to the copy of the original made by the Miss Turners, and of which I was permitted by the Trustees of the British Museum to have a transcript made for publication. In doing this I have largely exercised my duties as editor in respect of curtailments. The Journal

was literally a diary, to which may truly be applied the motto nulla dies sine linea, and contains nearly double the quantity of matter here reproduced. The omitted portions are chiefly observations on the wind and weather; extracts from the ship's log, which find their proper place in Cook's Journal; innumerable notices of birds and marine animals that were of constant recurrence; and lists of plants and animals, many with MS. names that have since been superseded.

Owing also to the Journal being a diary written up from day to day, and in no way revised for publication, the grammar and orthography are in the original very loose, and I have therefore corrected the language to accord with modern requirements; the only exceptions being in the case of native words, such as Otahite, tattowing, kangooroo, etc., of which the spelling is consistent throughout, and which consequently really represent Banks's own impression of the native pronunciation of such words.

It remains gratefully to record my obligations to the Trustees of the British Museum, for permission to transcribe the Journal, and to the Officers of the Natural History Department, Sir W. Flower, Mr. Carruthers, and Mr. Murray, and to Mr. E. R. Sykes, an acute malacologist, for aid in the endeavour to determine some of the animals designated by MS. names in the Journal. My friend Mr. B. D. Jackson, Sec.L.S., author of the article on Banks in the Dictionary of National Biography, has kindly supplied me with information for the Life of Banks, and has con

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tributed that of Solander. My son, Reginald H. Hooker, has aided me in the revision of the Journal and in the press work, and has drawn up the notices of the earlier voyagers and naturalists to whom reference is made by Banks. Lastly, I have cordially to thank the Presidents and Councils of the Royal and Linnean Societies respectively, for permission to reproduce in photography the admirable portraits of Banks and Solander which adorn their meeting-rooms.

J. D. HOOKER.

THE CAMP, SUNNINGDALE,

May 1896.

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