Cook did more, incomparably more, than any other navigator to discover new lands. This was only accomplished by dint of hard work; and yet his men suffered less than in any ships, British or foreign, or similar expeditions. Though his tracks were in new and unknown waters, we never hear of starvation; he always manages to have an abundant supply of water. The completeness and accuracy of his accounts and charts are no less remarkable. M. de La Perouse, one of the foremost of the great French navigators, told Captain Phillip, the founder of the Colony of New South Wales, that "Cook had left him nothing but to admire." This was all but literally true; wherever Cook went he finished his work, according to the requirements of navigation of his time. He never sighted a land but he determined its dimensions, its shape, its position, and left true guides for his successors. His charts are still for some parts unsuperseded, and his recorded observations still save us from hasty and incorrect alterations desired by modern navigators. Well may Englishmen be proud that this greatest of navigators was their countryman. PERSONS WHO LEFT ENGLAND IN H.M.S. ENDEAVOUR, 26TH AUGUST, 1768. Those not otherwise disposed of were paid off on 1st August, 1771. COLUMN 1: NAME. COLUMN 2: RANK OR RATING. COLUMN 3: DISPOSAL. COLUMN 4: DATE. James Cook : Lieutenant in Command. Zachary Hicks : Lieutenant : Died : 25 May, 1771. John Gore : Lieutenant. Robert Molineux : Master : Died : 15 April, 1771. Rich. Pickersgill : Master's Mate, Master, 16 April, 1771. Chas. Clerke : Master's Mate, A.B., 20 August, 1768, Master's Mate, 17 April, 1771, Lieutenant, 26 May, 1771. Francis Wilkinson : A.B., Master's Mate, 20 August, 1768. John Bootie : Midshipman : Died : 4 February, 1771. Jonathan Monkhouse : Midshipman : Died : 6 February, 1771. Patrick Saunders : Midshipman, A.B., 24 May, 1770 : Deserted : 25 December, 1770. Isaac Smith : A.B., Midshipman, 24 May, 1770, Master's Mate, 27 May, 1771. William Harvey : Lieutenant's Servant, Midshipman, 8 February, 1771. Jos. Magra : A.B., Midshipman, 27 May, 1771. Isaac Manley : Master's Servant, Midshipman, 5 February, 1771. William B. Monkhouse : Surgeon : Died : 5 November, 1770. William Perry : Surgeon's Mate, Surgeon, 6 November, 1770. Rich. Orton : Clerk. Stephen Forwood : Gunner. John Gathray : Boatswain : Died : 4 February, 1771. John Satterly : Carpenter : Died : 12 February, 1771. John Thompson : Cook : Died : 31 January, 1771. Sam Evans : Quarter Master, Boatswain, 6 February, 1771. Alex. Weir : Quarter Master : Drowned : 14 September, 1768. Thos. Hardman : Boatswain's Mate, A.B., 26 March, 1769, Sailmaker, 2 February, 1771. John Reading : Boatswain's Mate : Died : 29 August, 1769. Benjamin Jordan : Carpenter's Mate : Died : 31 January, 1771. John Ravenhill : Sailmaker : Died : 27 January, 1771. George Nowell : A.B., Carpenter, 14 February, 1771.