Excerpt from Voyages of Discoveries Around the World, Vol. 3 of 3: Successively Undertaken by the Hon. Commodore Byron in 1764, Captains Wallis and Carteret in 1766, and Captain Cook in the Years 1768 to 1789 Inclusive While this vessel was getting ready for her expedi tion, Captain Wallis returned and it having been re commended to him by Lord Morton, when he went out to fix on a proper place for this astronomical observation, be, by letter, dated on board the Dolphin, the 18th of of May, 1768, the day before he landed at Hastings, mentioned Port Royal harbour, in an island which he had discovered, then called George's Island, and since Otaheite; the Royal Society, therefore, by letter, dated the beginning ofjune, in answer to an application from the Admiralty to be informed whither they would have their Observers scnt, made choice of that place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.