The morals, in particular, of the inhabitants of the South Sea Islands, afford a fine subject for the exercise of a plaintive Muse.

Such a Muse hath seized upon the subject; and, at the same time, has added another wreath to the memory of our navigator.

I refer to a lady, who hath already, in many passages of her 'Peru,' in her 'Ode on the Peace.' and, above all, in her 'Irregular Fragment,' amply proved to the world, that she possesses not only the talent of elegant and harmonious versification, but the spirit of true poetry.

The poem, which I have now the pleasure of giving for the first time to the public, and which was written at my request, will be found in the Appendix.

It is some what remarkable, that female poets have hitherto been the chief celebrators of Captain Cook in this country.