ack by the ice--Anchor off Oonalaska--
Kind behaviour of the Russian authorities--The expedition returns to the
Sandwich Islands--Sail round them, and come to an anchor in Karakavoa
Bay--Vast numbers of natives come off--Cook supposed to be their god
Rono--Honours paid to him--Ceremonies at a temple--Ships put to sea--
Compelled to return--Temper of the natives changed--Attempts to coerce
them--Death of Captain Cook and several men--His character--Captain
Clerke succeeds, and makes peace with the natives--Ships sail in search
of a passage round America--Touch at Saint Peter and Saint Paul--
Courtesy of the Russians--Ships again compelled to return by the ice--
Death of Captain Clerke--Captain Gore takes command--Sails for Macaohigh
price obtained for seal-skins--Commanders of French ships ordered to
treat the _Adventure_ and _Resolution_ as neutrals--Touch at the Cape of
Good Hope--Steer round Scotland, and reach the Nore 4th of October,
1780--Remarks on Captain Cook's discoveries--Notice of his family.

It had long been the desire of scientific men to discover a passage
round the north coast of America between the Atlantic and Pacific. In
1773, Captain Phipps, afterwards Lord Mulgrave, went to Baffin's Bay,
but had returned without making any important discovery. At a dinner at
the house of Lord Sandwich, to which Sir Hugh Palliser, Mr Stevens,
Secretary to the Admiralty, and Captain Cook had been invited, the
importance of the design was under discussion, when Cook, although he
might justly have enjoyed quiet and repose, volunteered to command any
expedition which might be undertaken. His offer was accepted. He was
at once appointed to the command of the _Resolution_, and Captain
Clerke, who had been with him on each of his previous voyages, received
orders to commission the _Discovery_, a vessel of three hundred tons,
fitted out as the _Adventure_ had been. The ships were ready early in
July, 1776. Everything that could tend to preserve the health of the
crews was put on board,--warm clothing, as well as numerous animals,
garden seeds of all sorts, and iron tools to traffic with the natives,
while many things, purely for the benefit of the people, were to be
supplied. The chief object of the voyage was to find a passage from the
Pacific into the Atlantic; but the Society Islands and other spots were
to be visited on the way. The young savage Omai, who had been petted
and made a lion of in London, but whose adv