Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0073
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To Brazil
Octr. 1768
cyprinaceus.
16. A fine breeze of wind started up last night which has held us all day so I found it impossible to go out in the boat tonight however to make these 24 hours not intirely unprofitable I had the opportunity of seeing a Phenomenon I had never before met with a lunar rainbow which appeard about ten O'Clock very faint & almost or quite without colour so that it could be tracd by little more than an appearance which lookd like shade on a cloud
17. This morn went out in the boat but caught no one thing I had never I beleive been before so unfortunate in the Evening a breeze of wind sprung up from SE by S which makes us hope we had got the SE trade
18. Wind continued to blow fresh so we had little doubt of the reality of yesterdays hopes this evening trying as I have often (foolishly no doubt) done to exercise myself by playing tricks with two ropes in the Cabbin