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brother had written his loft journal: which being defirous of preferving for my
own fatisfa&ion, as well as the entertainment of my friends, I caufed them to be
faithfully tranfcribed; returning the originals back to Jofeph Banks, as well to
comply with Dr. Fothergill’s promife to him, as to, induce him to return me the
ihells and curiofities he ftill detained.
It was in vain I expeded Jofeph Banks would keep his word with me. On the
26th of March, 1772, he fent me back, indeed, my drawers and boxes quite
empty, without the civility even of a meffage by the bearers. I complained, of
courfe, to Dr. Fothergill, who afterwards faid he could obtain no fatisfadion for
me. After feveral fruitlefs attempts to obtain it myfelf, therefore, I wrote to Jofeph
Banks, acquainting him, that, if he did not immediately return the curiofities,
I would inform the world of the whole tranfadion between us, and endeavour to
indemnify myfelf by publifhing alfo my brother’s journal.* To this letter 1 received
the following anfwer.
| Mr. PARKINSON.
I {hall in the prefent, as well as at all times, refer the difpute between us to Dr. Fothergi'lPs determination
: not that I feel confcious of having done any thing amifs, but that I feel loth to endure
your fcurrilous letters, fuch as I ihall fhew him upon this occafion.
With this you receive the adminiftration.
Notwithftanding this declaration of his willingnefs to refer our difpute to the de-
cifion of Dr. Fothergill, Jofeph Banks took no ftep whatever toward an accommodation
j nor did he ever ihew Dr. Fothergill, as the latter informed me, any of
thofe pretended fcurrilous letters he mentions.
On
* Not that at this time I was furniihed with fufficient materials to render it worthy of being laid before
the public ; having received no drawings or defigns of any confequence whatever from Jofeph
Banks. On application, however, to feveral of the ihip’s company, and by a fortunate accident, I recovered
foon after other manufcripts of my brother’s, together with thofe drawings which embelliih the
following {facets; not one of which did I receive from Jofeph Banks.
P R E F A C E .
On hearing of Jofeph Banks’s intended voyage to Iceland, I thought it neceffary,
’therefore, to purfue the advice of my friends, by endeavouring to come at my brother’s
journal and drawings, which I had now fo much reafon to think were concealed
from me, and to derive what emolument I could from their publication.
To this end I caufed the following advertifement to be inferted in the news-papers.
HIS M A JE S T Y ’S. SHIP EN DEAVOU R.
Whereas a Journal was kept on-b.oard the faid'ihip, during her late voyage round the world, by
Sydney Parkinfon deceafed, late draughtfman to Jofeph Banks, Efq. which, from the great variety of particulars
it contained relative to the difcoveries made during the faid voyage, was allowed by the {hip’s
company to be the beft and moft correct that was taken ; and whereas the faid Sydney Parkinfon had,
at his leifure hours, made drawings of many of {he natives of the new-difcovered iflands, and had alfo
taken views of feveral placés in the faid iflands, wKich-he intended asprefents to his friends ; which
faid Journal and Drawings-are pretended to have been loft. And whereas there is great reafon to
think that they'have "been Tecrefed by fome perfon or pérfôns for his or their own emolument. This
is to give Notice, thit if any one can give Information where the faid Journal and Drawings are fo
fecreted, fo that the Heir at Law to the faid Sydney Parkinfon may come'by his lawful property, by
applying to Stanfield Parkinfon in little Pulteney Street, they ihall receive One Hundred Guineas
Reward.
-N.-B.j It-is fuppoied that'they afe not many Miles from New Burlington Strect.'f
In confequence of this advertifement, and perfonal application to feveral of the
officers and others on-board the ihip Endeavour, I procured, by purchafe, loan
and gift, not indeed the fair copy of my brother’s journal, but fo many of his manufcripts
and drawings, as to enable me to prefent the following work, in its pre-
fent form, to the public.
per artifts to execute it, I was now iolicited and entreated by Jofeph Banks’s friends
to defift : Dr. Fothergill, in particular, offered me, at different times', feveral fums
/of money, to drop my intended publication, notwithftanding he knew Jofeph
Banks ftill detained my curiofities, contrary to agreement, and refufed to come to
c any
I thought the Journal was in the hands of
Jofeph Banks : but I ihould never have thought of pubjiihing fuch.ah advertifement, had I ever meant
aa've lold- brother s.papers, as Dr. Fothergill afterwards affirmed I had done.