Cook

(kook,) in Illinois, a N.E. co., b. on Indiana; area, 1,027 sq. m.; C. Chicago. Pop. 349,966.- In Texas, a N. co., B. on Indian Ter.; area, about 950 sq. m.; C. Gainesville. Pop. 5,315. Cookery. See GASTRONOMY. Cook In'let, in Alaska; length, N. to S., 130 miles; breadth, 70 m. Bet. Lat. 68° and 60° N., Lon. 151° and 154 ° W. Cook Islands, a group in the Pacific Ocean, between Tahiti on the E., and the Tonga Archipelago on the W. Pop. supposed abt. 50,000. Cook's Strait, discovered by Capt. Cook in 1770, separates the 2 large islands which forın New Zealand. 15 2D [s. 225]