Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0139
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Rio de Janeiro
Decr. 1768
harbour their ran a great swell but we made shift to land on one calld Raza on which we gatherd many species of Plants & some insects Alstromeria salsilla was here in tolerable plenty & Amarillis mexicana they were the most specious plants we stayd till about 4 oClock & then came aboard the ship heartily tired for the desire of doing as much as we could in a short time had made us all exert ourselves in a particular manner tho exposd to the hottest rays of the sun just at noonday
Now we are got fairly to Sea & have intirely got rid of these troublesome people I cannot help spending some time in describing them tho I was not myself once in their town yet my intelligence coming from Dr Solander who was & our Surgeon Mr Monkhouse a very sensible man