Every one who is acquainted with the character of our commander will be sensible, that if he had lived to return again to the north in 1779.

he would have endeavoured to explore the parts which had been left unexamined.
The first place at which Captain Cook landed, after his departure from Nootka Sound, was at an island, of eleven or twelve leagues in length, the south-west point of which lies in the latitude of 59 deg.

49' north, and the longitude of 216 deg.

58' east.

Here, on the 11th of May, at the foot of a tree, on a little eminence not far from the shore, he left a bottle, with a paper in it, on which were inscribed the names of the ships, and the date of the discovery.