Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0103
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Novr. 1769. Motuaro
that if they again attackd us we would shoot them with the former which would infallibly kill them after this we went into the boats & rowd to another bay Cove in the same Island near which was a high hill from whence we might have a good view of the bay we climbd up it & from thence saw that the bay we were in was indeed a most surprizing place it was full of an innumerable quantity of Islands forming as many harbours which must be as smooth as mill pools as they Landlock one another numberless times Every where round us we could see large Indian towns houses & cultivations we had certainly seen no place near so populous as this one was very near us from whence several Indians came to us taking however great pains to shew us that they were unarmd they acompanied us down to the boat night coming on we went onboard carrying much Celery the only plant of any use Even to us for of all the places I have landed in this was the only one which did not produce one new vegetable
30. Several canoes came off to the ship very Early but sold little or nothing indeed no merchandice that we can shew them seems to take with