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  Whisper-soft fil-Clight CrlhioWC~ ill(' IWLolt~ 01 it 'lidtitiiill
  dancer beim-, anointed \%ith coconut oil, During Cook'~
  Vi'~it here, 0 ell it ,~li\ Cr of Metcll %~ OUld \~ I') tor it sm'or the
  co1T1piL:A\ ot an islaml -,ir! ~11(11 bartcrin,,~ lorced Cook to
  poet guards on the chips to keel) ~UMlCrl fronj J)r~lllg lliul~
  out of the plankiri~4,
  All in alather,aTahitian Louth
  Here Cook fir~L obci\cd Laitou ~uililo,. 11 ~;i, the -id-
  rrfost amphibious- Ha%%aiiim,. though, %%ho first dervion-
  ~;tratcd the surtImard, %\ hich, one of Uook'~ lieutciiant~
  rote, -bend> them fit x~ ill-, a mo.~t Velok it\
  A BFi-mi S111P for much if Sur\ i(e I \k oul(i
  never wi-sh for," commented Cook of hi,~
  Endeavour, a craft on1v 100 feet loll',
  and )1) feet wi(le. A converted collier, She
  incotporated all the features Cook demaride(I
  it) hi~ occatigoiriv xe.,sels. The round
  blUff 1)0~\ and wide (leep " iti,t pro% idud
  U11COMMOll SlKtCiOWIFIC~1, the ~Fllcdl ~IZC
  and broad boltoill permitted ca.~\ beaching
  for repairs and stabilit\ if the chip were
                                                to ground. Rehm the x\aterline Endeavoia
                                               had an extra ,kill of thin plankim~ filled
  to tile hull %%-fill thou~~ul(t~ ot clo~cl\ spil(cd
  flatlwwled mul-it precaution against
  %kood-boring ~hipworms. Outfitted
  for peacCfUl exploration, tile
  croo\ded bark also carried ton
  carriage guns and 12 wivel
  guns for defense.
       Devoted to tile scientific
  aspects of the vo\age.
  Cook volunteered the
  11 t /1,441
  GreLt Cabin for u-,e
  Im tile expedition
  naturahsts-e%en
  thoug~h the roorn
  was one of tile I 1)1i" u'~
  in tile chip wil, cook
  more than ~~jx feet fill],
  could stmid crect. Here
  lie cotifer~ \Nith it 6ewi,t
  oil Ihc main deck aboxe the cabin
  Eadca-,oiiv crided hut careet on it Rhode
  Wand rect in 1 but hut ;W(-L'0111o1i1111M'llt1
  .still ri~pirc men. Apollo 11; ;t1tl-11M1L1I1

  (,:jvv her n:inje to their coninl;imi ~pac,~, r:tft
  The,. SiM their ItIllitr Mth it~ C1111)11LL,i~
  oil ientifj~ di~( over-\ , it, it toodem parallel Of
  Cook', tritilblazing first c-,pedition
  BN a prilniti\ e hut reliable flleiills~ ull undcr-
  hCl\kCCT1 Ili, boat', keel and Hie ~hip-lkilfing
  (oral. A Pol\ neian pric,,t, Tupitia, used the
  ~iffllk' FrIcthod 1, ~\ 0CelltUriu~ it,'O to UidC
  Endeavour through these recf-.,trewn kvater,,.
  Voluntaril% pilotirw, the craft thrOUgh the So
  (10\ lllitlld~, TU[Miit, aboard ship with Cook,
  ditected i-lander, in accompiumviv canoc~ to
  I)II-1111-1C into the ~ea and check tht, depth wher-
  C\01- he U,lW(-tCd danger.
       El,e%%heie in uch circumAiince.,, crewmen
  fol-,-,cdilhcildIn~n1i1ll boat~toplunlbtllcdepth,
  1kith Ivild-vi-cighte,l jim~, Ili 1770 %khon Cook
  blundered into "the %-er\ jit\% ~ Of di~tf`UL~ Of)-
  the 6reat Kirrier Reef hi~ hip (lepemled oil
  ~1, 1OU11dil11-' h0itt for more Omit 1,000 mde,
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