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Historical Records of New Zealand Vol. II.

Captain Cook to The Astronomer Royal.* — (Royal Society Papers.)

Captain Cook to The Astronomer Royal.*
(Royal Society Papers.)

An account of the flowing of the tides in the South Sea, as
observed on board his Majesty's bark Endeavour, by Lieu-
tenant J. Cook, commander, in a letter to Nevil Maskelyne,
Astronomer Royal and F.R.S.
Mile End, 5 February, 1772.

Reverend Sir,—

I have sent you the few observations I made on the tides in the South Sea, to which I had only to add that from many circumstances and observations I am fully convinced that the flood comes from the southward, or rather from the S.E.

I am, &c.,


J. Cook.

[Enclosure.]
Observations off the Australian coast:—

Lat. Long. High-water. Rise & Fall.
h. m. ft. in.
Botany Bay 34° 0′ 208° 37′ 8 0 4 6
Bustard Bay 24° 30′ 208° 20′ 8 0 8 0
Thirsty Sound 25° 5′ 210° 24′ 11 0 16 0
Endeavour River 15° 26′ 214° 48′ 9 30 9 0
Endeavour Straits 10° 37′ 218° 45′ 1 30 11 0

* See also a letter on the same subject, to Sir John Pringle, post, p. 129.