interest in his brother navigator, who had encountered similar perils, for a greater length of time, and had displayed talents, courage, and firmness, akin to his own. His friendship for Capt. Cook was lasting, and His Lordship was one of the few who subscribed twenty guineas each, for the gold medal, struck to his memory.[1]
If Capt. Cook visited the north in the autumn, his presence in town was speedily required, as he was consulted by the Lords of the Admiralty, on every thing relating to the new expedition now projected; and among other things, as to the most proper person to take the command. At this time, all eyes were turned to himself, as the person most eminently qualified to conduct the enterprise; but, after the sacrifices he had made, and the arduous services he had accomplished, for the public good, it seemed so unreasonable to require him to en-
- ↑ See a biographical notice of Lord Mulgrave, the Navigator, in the History of Whitby and the Vicinity, vol. II, p. 863, &c. According to statements, which the author thinks he has heard from old persons in Whitby, several years ago, Captain Cook visited Mulgrave as well as Whitby, between his second and third voyages, and was hospitably entertained by the noble navigator. With regard to his visit to Whitby, after his first voyage, it ought to have been stated above, at p. 120, that on the day when he came over from Ayton to Whitby, some of the principal gentlemen of Whitby went out to meet him on horseback as far as Swarthoue Cross, a distance of four miles, to escort him into the town; a mark of respect which did honour to themselves, as well as to him. Mrs. Watt of Whitby was at Mr. Walker's on the day of his arrival, and recollects the cordial salutation of Mary Prowde. See p. 121.
made a nearer approach to the north pole than any former navigator. He met in Paris, at one of Baron Cuvier's Soirees, with a French navigator, who had made the nearest approach to the south pole; and taking him by the hand, said, "The north pole shakes hands with the south pole." In a similar way. Lord Mulgrave and Capt. Cook met in friendship, though the scenes of their enterprise were "wide as the poles asunder."
