the grammar school there; as he is known to have visited Mr. Jackson of Guisborough, more than once, along with his boys who then attended the school. An aged inhabitant of Whitby, Ralph Milburn, then living at Guisborough, saw him there at different times. His lessons, if he got any, seem to have been of small service.
It is natural to think, that as soon as Captain Cook had a little leisure, he would pay another visit to his venerable father, and to his relations and friends in the north. Whether he visited them at this time, and joined Mr. Banks and Omai at Kirkleatham, to return with them to town, has not. been ascertained. His visit, if paid at all, must have been very short; for, however much he might stand in need of relaxation, his numerous engagements in town prevented him from enjoying it. Yet his attachment to his early friends, was as strong as ever; while his celebrity acquired for him new friendships, among persons of superior rank and worth.
Of those whose friendship he began about this time to enjoy, one of the most illustrious was Constantine John, Lord Mulgrave, mentioned by Colman in the foregoing extracts as the Hon. Capt. Phipps. He succeeded to the title about the very time when he accompanied his visitors to Kirkleatham; for his father, Constantine, Lord Mulgrave, died at the Spa, in Germany, in the middle of September. His Lordship having made a near approach to the north pole, in the summer of 1773, only a few months before Cook made his nearest approach to the south pole,[1] naturally felt an
- ↑ The Rev. Wm. Scoresby, A.B., F.R.S., formerly Capt. Scoresby, Jun., of Whitby, in one of his Greenland voyages,
