I must not omit this opportunity of thanking the Reviewers for the extremely kind manner in which they all received the original work—a manner, indeed, which far exceeded my highest hopes.

ARTHUR KITSON.
LONDON, 1912.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER 1. EARLY YEARS.
CHAPTER 2. 1755 TO 1757. H.M.S. EAGLE.
CHAPTER 3. 1757 TO 1759. H.M.S. PEMBROKE.
CHAPTER 4. 1759 TO 1762. H.M.S. NORTHUMBERLAND.
CHAPTER 5. 1763 TO 1767. NEWFOUNDLAND.
CHAPTER 6. 1768. PREPARATIONS FOR FIRST VOYAGE.