Joseph Banks - Endeavour Journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0019
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Madeira
Septr. 1768
with every accomodation that we could wish. Leave was procurd by him for us to search the Island for whatever natural productions we might find worth taking notice of, people were also employd to procure for us fish, & shells, which we could not have spard time to have collected ourselves, horses & Guides were also got for Dr Solander & myself to carry us to any part of the Island which we might chuse to visit. But our very short stay which was only five days inclusive made it impossible to go to any distance so we contented ourselves with collecting as much as we could in the neighbourhood of the town, never going above three miles from it during our whole stay.
The season of the year was undoubtedly the worst for both plants & insects, being the hight of the vintage when nothing is