An exact copy of his last watch was made by the ingenious Mr.Kendal; and was used by Captain Cook in his three years' circumnavigation of the world, to his perfect satisfaction.
England had already inaugurated that series of scientific expeditions which were to prove so fruitful of results, and to raise her naval reputation to so great a height.

In these expeditions, the officers, the sailors, and the scientific men, were constantly brought face to face with unforeseen difficulties and dangers, which brought forth their highest qualities as men.

There was, however, some intermixture of narrowness in the minds of those who sent them forth.

For instance, while Dr.Priestley was at Leeds, he was asked by Sir Joseph Banks to join Captain Cook's second expedition to the Southern Seas, as an astronomer.

Priestley gave his assent, and made arrangements to set out.