Captain Cook to Secretary Stephens.

Long musquettoons, swive'd will be of infinite use on many occasions to his Majesty's sloops the Resolution and Ad- page 87 venture in the course of their present intended voyage. I beg you will be pleased to move my Lords Comissr's of the Admiralty to order the former to be supply'd with twelve and the latter with eight, and the Resolution to be supply'd the armourer's tools mentioned in the inclosed list, in addition to those already order'd.