he worked, men who day after
day were by his side, was a fine one. His greatest fault seems to have
been his hasty temper, which he admitted himself, often most regretfully;
but Captain King says it was "disarmed by a disposition the most
benevolent and humane," and it never was displayed in such a manner as to
cause the loss of respect and affection of his people. He was healthy and
vigorous in mind and body, clear-headed and cool in times of danger,
broad minded and temperate, and plain and unaffected in manner. His
powers of observation were of the first rank, his knowledge of Naval
mathematics far surpassed the ordinary level and amounted to genius, but,
above all, his devotion to duty was the commanding feature of his
character. Nothing was allowed to interfere when he saw his course before
him; personal convenience was not allowed to weigh for one moment, but at
the same time he never lost sight of the interests of those under him and
spared them when possible. He was somewhat silent and reserved in manner,
but when questioned on any subject on which he felt he was an authority,
his answers were clearly and distinctly given, and his reasons disclosed
his powers of observation to the full. He was kindly, generous, and
hospitable, and by no means the stern character that has been painted,
for even in such a matter-of-fact document as his official Journal, a
spirit of fun occasionally gleams out.

Such was the man whose name will ever stand in the very first ranks of
the British Empire Builders; honest, kindly, generous, a faithful servant
and a noble leader.

INDEX.

Adventure:
purchased.
arrives home.

Airy Holme Farm.

Amherst, General.

Amherst, Colonel W.

Amsterdam.

Anderson, Surgeon: death.

Anjac, M. d'.

Antelope, H.M.S.

Arnold. See Timepieces.

Aurora Australis.

Australia.

Ayton:
revisited.

Banks, Joseph:
joins Endeavour.
refuses Second Voyage.

Batavia.

Bayley, W.

Behm, Major.

Behring.

Bennett, Canon.

Besant, W.

Bligh, W.

Boscawen, Admiral.

Boswell.

Bougainville, De.

Buchan, A.

Burgeo Islands.

Burney, Charles.

Burney, Fanny.

Burney, James.

Campbell, Captain J.

Cape Circumcision.

Cape Horn.

Cape of Good Hope.

Clerke, Charles.

Colville, Lord.

Cook, James (Master of Mercury).

Cook, James, R.N. F.R.S.:
birth.
Eagle.
Solebay.
Pembroke.
Northumberland.
marriage.
King's Surveyor.
Grenville.
Endeavour.
Scorpio