Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0373
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Ulhietea
July 1769
Soon after this we came to an anchor & I went ashore but saw nothing but a small marai ornamented with 2 sticks about 5 feet long each hung with Jaw bones as thick as possible & one having a skull stuck on its top
25. This morn get to sea & turn to windward all day find that the two Islands Ulhietea & Otahah are inclosed by one reef Tupia says that there is a large passage throug it between them & a harbour within it also another fronting a large bay on the Eastermost end of Otahah
26. Foul wind Continues last night the ship has faln much to leward before night however we have gaind our loss & something more as we discover a low Island ahead which Tupia tells us is calld by the natives Tupi he says that it is low without a harbour & yields nothing but Cocoa nuts & fish
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Tupi
27. Turn to leward all night & all day again so much that at night Tupi is not in sight
28. Wind still baffles us as much as ever This morn hoisted out a boat & sent ashore on the Island of Otahah in which Dr Solander & myself took a passage We went through a large breach in the reef situate between two Islands calld Toahattu and Whennuaia within which we found very spatious harbours particularly in one bay which was at least 3 miles deep.
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Otahah