Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0187
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To Cape Horn
Decr 1768
be real it made like a long extent of lowish land & two Islands to the Northward of it the South end was buried in the clouds this lasted about ½ an hour & then rose gradualy up & disapeard
Lat. 42:31. A sea lion was enterd in the log book of today as being seen but I did not see him I saw however a whale coverd with barnacles as the seamen told me he appeard of a reddish colour except his tail which was black like those to the Northward.
31. No insects seen today the water changed to a little better colour on looking over those taken yesterday find 31 species of land insects all so like in size & shape to those of England &c. that they are scarcely distinguishable probably some will turn out identicaly the same we ran among them 160 miles by the log without reckoning any part of last night tho they were seen till dark