These are views of things which are adapted to general comprehension, and calculated to produce the noblest effects.
Considering the eminent abilities displayed by Captain Cook, and the mighty actions performed by him, it is not surprising that his memory should be held in the highest estimation, both at home and abroad.
Perhaps, indeed, greater honour is paid to his name abroad than at home.

Foreigners, I am informed, look up to him with an admiration which is not equalled in this country.

A remarkable proof of it occurs, in the eulogy of our navigator, by Michael Angelo Gianetti, which was read at the royal Florentine academy, on the 9th of June, 1785, and published at Florence, in the same year.

Not having seen it, I am deprived of the power of doing justice to its merit.

If I am not mistaken in my recollection, one of the French literary academies has proposed a prize for the best eulogium on Captain Cook; and there can be no doubt but that several candidates will appear upon the occasion, and exert the whole force of their eloquence on so interesting a subject.
To the applauses of our navigator, which have already been inserted, I cannot avoid adding some poetical testimonies concerning him.