XXV. An account of the flowing of the tides in the south sea, as observed on board His Majesty's Bark the Endeavour, by Lieut. J. Cook, commander, in a letter to Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, F. R. S

Reverend Sir, I here send you the few observations I made on the tides in the South Sea, to which I have only to add, that, from many circumstances and observations, I am fully convinced that the flood comes from the southward, or rather from the S. E.