James Cook - A Journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour on a voyage round the world, by Lieutenant James Cook, Commander, commencing the 25th of May 1768 - 23 Oct. 1770: No. 284

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New Wales or East Coast of New Holland
June 1770 Wednesday 27th ([In margin is written:] Endeavour River) A fresh breeze of Wind at SE and Cloudy wear. PM lashed 38 empty Batts under Ships Bottom in order to float her off which proved ineffectual & therefore gave over all hopes of getting her off until the next spring tides, at daylight got a considerable weight of sundry Articles from Aft forward to case[?] the Ship the Armr at work at the Forge repairing Iron work etc Carpentrs caulking & stocking one of the Spare Anchor Seamen empld filling of Water & overhauling the rigging & I went in the Pinnace[?] all up the Harbour & made Sevl hauls with the Sean but caught only between 20 & 30 [Indecipherable] of fish which were given to the sick & such as were weak & Ailing.
Thursday 28th Fresh breeze & Cloudy all hands employ'd as yesterday.
Friday 29th. Wind & wear as yesterdy & the employmt of the people the same Lt Gore having been 4 or 5 Miles in the Country where he met with nothing remarkable he saw the footsteps of men & likewise those of 3 or 4 sorts of wild beasts but saw neither man nor beast some others of our people who were out yesterday on the N. side of the River met with a place where the Natives had just been as their fires etc was then burning but they saw nobody nor have we seen one since we have been in Port, in these excursions we found some Wild Yamms or Cocos growing in the Swampy grounds & this Afternoon I sent a Party of Men to gather some the Tops we found made good greens & eat exceedy well when Boiled but the roots were so bad that few besides myself could eat them, this night Mr Green & I observed an Emersion of Jupiter first Satellite which hap'ned at 2h:58':53" in the AM. the same Emersion hapned at Greenwich according to Calculation on the 30th at 5h:17';43" AM the difference is 14h:18':50" equal to 214o:42':30" of Longde which this place is West of Greenwch & its Latde 15o:26So 
AM I sent some hands in a boat up the River to haul the Sean while the rest were employ'd about the rigging & sundy other Dutys. 
Saturday 30th Modte breeze at SEt & clear serene wear. PM The Boat retd from hauling the Sean having caught as much fish as came to a Pound & a half [Indecipherable]. AM I sent her again to haul the Sean & some hands to gather greens while others were employ'd about the rigging etc etc. I likewise sent some of the Young Gentlemen to take a Plan of the Harbr & went myself upon the Hill which is over the So Point to take a view of the Sea at that time it was low water & I saw what gave me no small uneasing which were a Number of Sand Banks and shoals laying all along the Coast the innermost lay abt 3 or 4 Miles from shore & the outermost extend off to