The story of Captain Cook's three voyages round the world (1870) (14761380291)

Identifier: storyofcaptainco00jone (find matches)
Title: The story of Captain Cook's three voyages round the world
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Jones, M
Subjects: Cook, James, 1728-1779 Voyages around the world
Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Contributing Library: Scott - York University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries



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ed with joy at the sight of them. There was much work to be done here, as the ship almostwanted turning inside out to make her fresh and strongfor her coming campaign in the ice. But all went onwell; and, after leaving some more pigs ashore—wherethey had the satisfaction of finding an almost newly-laidhens egg, which proved that the former gift of poultry-had not been wasted, though none were to be seen—the Resolution, on the ioth of November, again stood outto sea, to make quite sure about the southern continent.Various kinds of weather were experienced in the courseof this voyage : squally, hazy, dirty weather—whichlast is, perhaps, a compound of the other two—but, asthere was no continent to be discovered, of course Cookcould not find it. He therefore, on the 27th, decided toalter his course, leave the South Pacific Ocean, which hehad thoroughly searched, and, steering direct east, try whatthe South Atlantic would do for him in the enterpriseupon which he had set his heart.
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NATIVE OF TERRA DEL FUEGO. CHAPTER XI. Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego.—Sea Lions.—Dis-coveries in the South Atlantic.—Again turned backby Ice.—Murder of Furneauxs Boats Crew.—Home. IN addition to sweeping the South Atlantic, which wasnow his aim, Cook wished also to examine the coast ofTierra del Fuego—the Land of Fire, that is—which at thattime was little known. It was a clear, uninterrupted runthither. From the 17th to the 20th of December was spentin exploring it—a desolate, dreary, savage-looking coast itwas ; and on the 21st, good anchorage being found in acove, atterwards named by our navigators Christmas Sound,from their having spent Christmas-day in it, the ship wasat once moored there. At the head of this cove there wasplenty of wood ; there was also a stream of fresh water, sothat they could not have been more desirably lodged in this fag-end of South America. As they had, also, the goodfortune to shoot some wild geese, abundant in the neigh-bourhood, they