Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0279
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Georges Land
April 1769
of us perfumd after their manner not disagreably which they took great pains to make us understand my peice of Cloth was 11 yards long & 2 wide for this I made return by presenting him with a large lacd silk neckcloth I had on & a linnen pocket hankercheif these he immediately put on him & seemd to be much pleasd with
After this ceremony was over we walkd freely about several large houses attended by the ladies who shewd us all kind of civilities our situation could admit of but as there were no places of retirement the houses being intirely without walls we had not an opportunity of putting their politeness to every test that maybe some of us would not have faild to have done had circumstances been more favourable indeed we had no reason to doubt any part of their politeness as by their frequently pointing to the matts on the ground & sometimes by force seating themselves & us upon them they plainly shewd that they were much less jealous of observation than we were
We now took our leave of our freindly cheif & proceeded along shore for about a mile when we were met by a throng of people at the