to prosecute his researches without loss of time, and was even desirous of shewing, that those seas might be navigated in the very depth of winter.
On monday, June 7th, both vessels set sail from Ship Cove, and next morning they got quite through Cook's Straits; after which, they steered in a S.E. direction, and passed the meridian of 180° on friday, the 11th, thus getting into W. longitude. In proceeding eastward in their intended track, they found the weather variable, sometimes moderate, at other times rough; and when, on saturday, July 27th, they reached 133° 32' W. longitude, 39° 44' S. latitude, without meeting land, or any signs of it, they directed their course to the northward; Capt. Cook thus choosing a track, which, as far as he knew, no former navigator had taken. On thursday, the 29th, the ships having got into a warmer climate, he sent to inquire after the Adventure's crew, as he had heard that they were sickly; and he found that the cook had died, and twenty of the best men were ill of scurvy and flux. At this time, there were but three on the sick list in the Resolution, only one of whom was afflicted with scurvy; a difference easily accounted for, as the Resolution's people had partaken much more freely of the beer and vegetables at New Zealand, then those on board the "Adventure. He sent one of his seamen to be cook of the Adventure, and instructed Capt. Furneaux to employ various means for arresting the disorder. Most of these means had already been adopted; and the health of the crew, in a few days after, began to improve.
On the 11th of August, a small island was discovered, and named Resolution Island; another, observed on the same day, was called Doubtful
