Interest felt in Cook's arrival. Honours conferred on him. New voyage projected. His Letters to Mr. Walker. Notices of Omai: His introduction to the King, and to several of the Nobility, &c. His trip to York, Scarborough, Mulgrave, and Kirkleatham, with Mr. Banks, and Messrs. Colman. Cook's Father. Lord Mulgrave, the celebrated navigator. The Captain's appointment to the command of a third expedition. He is chosen a member of the Royal Society. His scientific Papers; one of which obtained the gold medal for 1776. The Narrative of his Second Voyage prepared by himself. His merits as an author. Other Publications relating to the Voyage. Equipment of the Resolution and Discovery. Live Stock, and other articles, put on board for the S. Sea Islanders. Rich presents made to Omai at his departure; small improvement made by him during his residence in Britain. The Captain's instructions. for the Voyage. His letter to Commodore Wilson.
The safe arrival of Capt. Cook and his shipmates, after a voyage of three years duration, not only furnished the most lively joy to relations and friends, but was gratifying to the nation at large. The news previously brought by the Adventure, and published in the periodicals of the day; with the frequent appearances of Omai, and numerous anecdotes told of him,—had, indeed, already gratified public curiosity, so as to diminish the interest felt in the arrival of the Resolution; while, at the same time, the attention of the British public was almost wholly absorbed in that great national concern—the American war. Yet, notwithstanding
