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159. March 1770. admiralty bay
of Breakers but differd from them in the small waves breaking only without any swell or large ones our boat sounded upon it but could get no ground we supposd it to be the effect of a strong tide such as we felt in the streights a we passd them at night came to an anchor in a Bay in some part of which it is probable that Tasman anchord
27. Went ashore this morn the countrey hilly but not very high little or no flats were however to be seen in the place where we waterd were the remains of two or three indian houses which clearly had not been inhabited this year at least but no signs that people had been here since that time while Dr Solander & self botanizd Tupia & his boy caught almost a boat load of fish by angling in 2 or 3 fathom water
28. Raind & blew so hard all today that going ashore was scarce practicable at least when we had so little hopes of success as our yesterdays search had given us in which we found not one new plant
29. Raind & blew as hard as yesterday myself ill with sickness at stomack & most violent headach a complaint which in some of our
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