of once more seeing him. Previous to his arrival, she had been taught, that she must not now call him James, in the same familiar way as before; she must recollect his rank, and call him Captain. Molly resolved to abide by these instructions, but the moment he appeared in her presence, the burst of her affections overpowered every other feeling: forgetting all her lessons, she stretched out both her arms to welcome him, and exclaimed in her own native phraseology, "O honey James, how glad I's to see thee!"
Captain Cook would of course congratulate Mr. Fishburn on the excellence of the Endeavour, in which he had circumnavigated the globe; and which, instead of being laid aside as unfit for service, was already sent off for the Falkland Isles, as a store ship. The choice of the two vessels wanted for the new expedition under his command, being left to himself, he selected two ships made by the same eminent builder, both the property of Capt. Wm. Hammond of Hull, and now only from 14 to 16 months old. It was Cook's firm opinion, often expressed, that no ships were better adapted for voyages of discovery, than those constructed at Whitby for the coal trade; being of a moderate size, and strongly built. The largest of these two vessels was named the. Resolution, of 462 tons burthen; the other was the Adventure, of 336 tons.
On the 28th of November, Capt. Cook was appointed to the command of the Resolution, with a complement of 112 officers and men, including marines; while Mr. Tobias Furneaux, who had been second Lieutenant with Capt. Wallis, was promoted to the command of the Adventure, with a complement of 81. The ships were fitted out in
