PRINTED FOR
LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1821.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIFTH VOLUME.

THIRD VOYAGE.

INTRODUCTION to the Third Voyage . .

Inscription to the Memory of Captain James Cook.

BOOK I.

Transactions from the Beginning of the Voyage till our De-

parture from New Zealand.

CHAP. I.

Various Preparations for the Voyage. — Omai's Behaviour on

embarking.–Observations for determining the Longitude of

Sheerness and the North Foreland. -- Passage of the Resolu-

tion from Deptford to Plymouth. - Employments there. - Com-

plements of the Crews of both Ships, and Names of the Officers.

- Observations to fix the Longitude of Plymouth. - Departure

of the Resolution : -

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CHAP. II.

Passage of the Resolution to Teneriffe. - Reception there. - De.

scription of Santa Cruz Road. — Refreshments to be met with.

- Observations for fixing the Longitude of Teneriffe.- Some Ac-

count of the Island. — Botanical Observations. —Cities of Santa

Cruz and Laguna. — Agriculture. — Air and Climate. — Com-

merce. - Inhabitants - -

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CHAP. III.

Departure from Teneriffe. - Danger of the Ship near Bonavista.-

Isle of Mayo. - Port Praya. — Precautions against the Rain and

sultry Weather in the Neighbourhood of the Equator. — Posi-

tion of the Coast of Brazil. - Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope.

- Transactions there --- Junction of the Discovery. - Mr. An-

derson's Journey up the Country. - Astronomical Observations.