# 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, and F. R. S.

**Author(s):** J. Cook  
**Year:** 1772  
**Journal:** Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)  
**Volume:** 62  
**Pages:** 3 pages  
**Identifier:** jstor-106056  
**JSTOR URL:** <https://www.jstor.org/stable/106056>  

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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, and F. R. S.

Mile-end, February 5, 1772.

Reverend Sir,

Read May 21, 1772. 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. I am,

SIR,

Your most obedient;

humble servant,

J. Cook.

Names
| Names of places where observed | Lat. South | Long. West | New and full Moon |
|-------------------------------|------------|------------|------------------|
|                               |            |            | H. M. | F. In. |
|                               |            |            | High water | Rife & fall |
| Success Bay in Strait le Maire | -54 45     | 66 4       | 4 30   | 5 6    |
| Lagoon Island                  | -18 47     | 139 28     | 0 30   |        |
| Matavai Bay, Otaheita         | -17 29     | 149 30     | 0 30   | 0 11   |
| Tolaga Bay, East coast of New Zealand | -38 22 | 181 14     | 6 0    | 5 6    |
| Mercury Bay, N. E. ditto      | -36 48     | 184 4      | 7 30   | 7 0    |
| River Thames, ditto           | -37 12     | 184 12     | 9 0    | 10 0   |
| Bay of Islands, ditto         | -35 14     | 185 36     | 8 0    | 7 0    |
| Queen Charlotte's Sound, Cook's Strait | -41 0 | 184 45     | 9 30   | 7 6    |
| New Zealand                   |            |            |        |        |
| Admiralty Bay, in ditto       | -41 45     | 185 12     | 10 0   | 7 0    |
| Botany Bay, coast of New South-Wales | -34 0 | 208 37     | 8 0    | 4 6    |
| Bustard Bay, ditto            | -24 30     | 208 20     | 8 0    | 8 0    |
| Thirsty Sound, ditto          | -25 5      | 210 24     | 11 0   | 16 0   |
| Endeavour River, ditto        | -15 26     | 214 48     | 9 30   | 9 0    |
| Endeavour's Strait, which divides New Guinea from New Holland | -10 37 | 218 45     | 1 30   | 11 0   |

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