It was not possible that, in a mind constituted like his, such a paltry quality as vanity could find an existence.
In this imperfect delineation of Captain Cook's character, I have spoken of him in a manner which is fully justified by the whole course of his life and actions, and which is perfectly agreeable to the sentiments of those who were the most nearly connected with him in the habits of intimacy and friendship.

The pictures which some of them have drawn of him, though they have already been presented to the public, cannot here with propriety be omitted.

Captain King has expressed himself concerning him in the following terms: 'The constitution of his body was robust, inured to labour, and capable of undergoing the severest hardships.

His stomach bore, without difficulty, the coarsest and most ungrateful food:--Great was the indifference with which he submitted to every kind of self-denial.

The qualities of his mind were of the same hardy vigorous kind with those of his body.