Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0643

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539.
March 1771.   To the Cape of Good hope.

of the Terra de Natal Laying between the rivers Sangue & Fourmis about 20 Leagues to the southward of the Bay of Natal  the shore seemd every where steep & rocky but the hills inland rose in gradual slopes spotted here & there with woods & where it was not lookd Green & pleasant.

5. For this day or two we have thought it rather colder than we should chuse  at noon today the Thermometer in the shade was at 70. Land today in sight & no more

6. Foul wind & cloudy weather all day

7. Fair wind accompanied with clear weather  over the land however at least in that direction  hung clouds & appearances of rain as indeed was generaly the case  for these some days past the seamen have found the ship to be Drove hither & thither by currents in a manner totaly unacountable to them

8. Calmish. Many Birds were observd such as Albatrosses  black & grey Shearwaters cheifly setting upon the water  the surface was

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