The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-02-02

gave notice that W. should keep them in con6nr
inrni until the sailors were brought 10 him. 4,
very short time tie nien were produced Th
hostages were fclrnsrd, and The two amofoua "a
vsn,aTs,s ventures eIPi"''d 'brit offence sndsr the caI.o
PROM Oiaheic the EndcAvor saile,, away |,
search Of the great island, then called New IIol
land, nov named Australia. which ha,; been dis
covered some years before but had never berr
explored or eifeumnavigaied Captain Cool
spent ak months upon the coasts ~ that gtea
continent, aud made many imIoriant discoveries
" was he Who discovered that II was divided IN.
| io TWO portions by strait aud he sailed
through the strait. Ia one ~ the bars IN which
hr Ahrhofrd, the boianins ot his snip found "a
NAM bta PLANTS and hosefs that h. nnasi Il
bOiany bay. The native inhabitants ~ Au.ira
ita were 80 uniamrahly savage ~ a. prevent his
eiirn1ing his observations into thu inferior aud
80 addicted Hefe they iu'aiing hnmtn nesh that
he long supposed they did ~ l4rausr The, pre-.
ieffed u ~ food, aud went ~ var for the rnr.
pose Of getting supply of ,ustrnancc Ilr di..
coveted afterwards that the eating ~ the H. % 81
ah enemy wss rite of their fei giun and Mns
supposed 90 guard them FROM the Vengeance of
his fih". u vas while sailing abunt Australia
that the EndeAvof had n mnsi strange aud narrow
escape from destruction She stuck roe. ono
day uiib great force. bat Immediately no,icd
on and, although she leaked badly. tic crew
'nanaged 10 keep her ahoai until they reached
hafhor. What was their astOnishmeni on
doeking the ship, io find a large rock stuck in
The cavity, which alone had kept her from going
down
A. the Dutch settlement of Batavia. where be
/ repaired his ship, the crew suffered fearfully
from fever caused by the malaria Of the country.
Death was 80 common there be relates. that il
mah announced 10 another the death Of an ac-
I puAinianes. the remark which the new. usually
called forth was. Goo! he owed me- nothing 70
or " u Ice then must 90 and collect my ar.
count Z" his heirs The ship wasa m.rc hos.
ihifi i"f mans Hssks. and itrse hun,isf - the
cF~N dird After three years 80 miusi ,d,eniur.
ons sud skiifnl voiSying. ~, End-atut east
an'hof 10 an English port having l',i one.hnl'
her r"inlanf, and ieing hrfs+if quite wurn au,
The return ~ Captain Cook crsard = wonder.
'"l excitement 10 England The king a once
p'"inoi'h him 10 the rank ~ commander the
ntssfsP"fs were filed With the marvels Of those
distant regions. and 10 society nothing "a.
.poken of hut c-pisin Cook and his ro,age -
When the narrative Of his adventure appeared
u was the great book of the season. Dr Frank.
lin who resided IN London then ~ the s.rn; Of
some of the colonies was exceedingly interested
~ ihese discoveries, and joined some hcnes olen,
ierfons % a scheme % send ship 60 the Pacific
laden with Domestic animals aud seeds some OF
which wefe 10 BE- left on each large island for
propagation.
~ this time there was general befief in the
tiis'ence of great continent far 20 the south OF
Afis aud America Cook second voyagr was
10 ASCERTAIN whether there vas such = continent
After tao ,eaft of exploration, he returned 10
Ebglsnd with the certainty tina, no such cont.
neni sTis'ed and he wss rewarded FOR this intel.
hgenoe By being raised 10 the rank Il po,i-eap-
tain. % which pension was addcd
While he vas absent on this voyage the govern.
ntht had teen prolecihg sn expedition io ssafch
fnf passage from the Aiianii. 10 tie Paclfc
around tie northern part of the American cont.
n'ni CaPlnin Cook. having volunteered his
ssftirst ssllsd 10 command - iW0 shiis and
hsscf again saE bis native land While winter.
ing ~ 'hs Sandwich Islands uhirh he di.ror.t.
'd . nu" of ihc slips hoais vss .'olsn ard 10 ~
'.rei - he restored 10 bic "a ~, sSl-,!rn' o'sez.
~ tie Aing sud foi 81 hmiit and holdin. Them
until i'i' stolen i'rutsfit vss f-,ofiei IN carry.
~ ngi tie msasHre he encognisrrd un.rper',i
fftisianre. and Sas obliged So order = retreat tD
ih- hoa'f. Bsing himss4f tie iaH 80 iiirc L.,
rulfsd bloU Which ptosifrird lin. and the
sstasss running Up soon oyefpoNsfsd aht de.
patched him. This event Ocrurfed 10 Fehruarv
1872 10 the iiiy-second year ~ his .gs In
similar manner Magellan lost h, lie in those
sAs two hundred and fifty ysaf, hefufr
il had bern the intention ~ Captain Cook 20
retire from seiiVs lie II he had returned 10 Eng.
and Die sad one day 20 hi. officers The
spring % my lie Vas iempcsigoBs. and iis sum
tnsF has betn painful but hste lsid up Ai
hone afshd OF Joy and haninss FOR ny au.
tuna
Captain Cook was an able commAnaer-very
s'riei, and sometimes severe, in enforcing disci.
pine bot constantly attentive 10 the health com.
fofi and honor Of those under bis command 4
finer fiees % msshood has seldom ifodden =
quarter deck.