Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0496
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Streights of Sunda
Dropd calm & we came to an anchor & sent a boat on board the Ships for news they were duch East India men one bound for Cochin on the Coast of Coromandel the other for Ceylon their Captains receivd our officer very politely & told him some European news as that the people Goverment in England were in the utmost disorder the people crying up & down the streets Down with King George King Wilkes for ever that the Americans had refus'd to pay taxes of any kind in consequence of which was a large force being sent there both by of sea & land forces that the party of Polanders who had been forc'd into the Late election by the Russians interfereing had askd assistance of the Grand Signior who had granted it in consequence of which the Russians had sent 20 Sail of the line & a large army by land to beseige Constantinople &c. &c. &c. in relation to our present circumstances they told us that our passage to Batavia was likely to be very tedious as we should have a strong current constantly against us & at this time of the year Calms & light breezes were the only weather we had to expect they said also that near where they lay was a duch pacquet boat whose business