Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0657
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[Page 657]
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Some account of the Cape of Good Hope
[Margin note] Recover
ourselves experiencd our sick recovering very little for the first fortnight & after that very slowly so that after a months stay several of them were far from recruited
[Margin note] Plenty
The industry of the Dutch so well known & so constantly exerted in all foreign settlements has supplyd this place with a profusion of all kinds of European provisions Wheat & barley is here as good as in Europe hops however will not grow here so beer they cannot make even tolerable Cattle are in great plenty & beef very tolerable Sheep likewise in great plenty both these the Native Hottentots had before the Dutch settled the place so they both differ a little in appearance from those of other places the Oxen are lighter & more neatly made & have vast spreading horns the Sheep instead of Wool are coverd with a kind of Substance between hair & wool their tails are also very large I have seen such as could not weigh less than 10 or 12 pounds & was told that they are often much larger