lamented, not only as one of his country's brightest ornaments, but as the common friend of mankind. Many tears were shed, and many pens were employed, to express the bitter sorrow felt on this occasion: while the high encomiums bestowed on his character, genius, and achievements, marked the extent of the loss sustained by Britain, and by the world.
As the most prominent features of his character have been already delineated in this sketch of his life, it is scarcely necessary to exhibit them here; yet it may be proper to glance at one or two of those pictures of his moral and intellectual worth, that were now drawn. That of Mr. Samwell may be selected, as furnishing also an accurate description of his person.
"The character of Captain Cook will be best exemplified by the services he has performed, which are universally known, and have ranked his name above that of any navigator, of ancient or of modern times. Nature had endowed him with a mind vigorous and comprehensive, which in his riper years he had cultivated with care and industry. His general knowledge was extensive and various; in that of his own profession he was unequalled. With a clear judgment, strong masculine sense, and the most determined resolution,—with a genius peculiarly turned for enterprise, he pursued his object with unshaken perseverance:—vigilant and active in an eminent degree; cool and intrepid among dangers; patient and firm under difficulties and distress; fertile in expedients; great and original in all his designs; active and resolved in carrying them into execution. These qualities rendered him the animating spirit of the expedi-
