Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0189
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[Page 189]
To Cape Horn
[Jany, 1769]
1. New years day today made us pass many Compts & talk much of our hopes for success in the year 69 many whales were about the ship today & much sea weed in large lumps but none near enough to be caught
in the Evening rather squally the true sea green colour upon the surface of the water was often to be seen now between the squalls or rather under the black clouds when they were about half a mile from the ship I had often heard of it before but never seen it in any such perfection indeed most of the seamen said the same it was very bright & perfectly like the stone calld aquamarine
2. Fresh breezes today in the Evening Lat. about 45:30 met with some small shoals of the red lobsters which have been seen by almost every one who has pass'd these seas They were however so far from couloring the sea red as Dampier & Cowley say that I may affirm that we never saw more than a few hundreds of them at a time we took however several in the Casting & hoave netts & describd them by the name of Cancer Gregarius
3. Lat: 47:17 all hands looking out for pepys's Island about observing time an appearance was seen to the westward so like an Island that we bear away after it almost assurd that it is Land as