Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0005
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August 1767. Standing to the Southward
15. Crossd the tropick this morn wind North and weather very pleasant; at night wind rather variable.
16. Soon after we rose this morn we were told that land was in sight it provd to be a cloud but at first sight was so like land that it deceivd every man in the ship even Tupia gave it a name. the ship bore down towards it but in about 3. hours all hands were convincd that it was but a cloud
17. A heavy swell from the SW. all day so we are not yet under the Lee of the continent in the Even no wind our Taros (roots of the Yam kind calld in the W Indies Cocos) faild us today many of them were rotten; they would probably have kept longer had we had either time or opportunity of drying them well but I beleive that at the best they are very much inferior to either Yamms of potatoes for keeping
18. SE. swell continues today with little wind at N.
19. Weather and swell much as yesterday some of our people tell me that they have seen Albatrosses both yesterday and the day before
20. A Large Albatross about the ship most of the day Little wind the swell less than yesterday but still troublesome at night a heavy Dew
21. A fine breeze at NW. Some Pintado birds Proc. capensis) about the ship this day our Plantains faild us they were all eat not one ever was rotten Indeed since we left Ulhietea the Hogs have almost