Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0016
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12.
In search of the southern continent
live stock consists of 17 Sheep 4 or 5 fowls as many S. Sea hogs 4 or 5 Muscovy ducks an English boar & sow with a litter of piggs in the use of these we are rather sparing as the time of our Getting a supply is rather precarious Salt Stock we have nothing worth mentioning except a kind of Salt Beef which was put up by one Mellish a butcher at New Crane Stairs which is by much the best Salt meat I have ever tasted & Our Salted Cabbage see p.210 which is now as good as it was then
Our Malt liquers have answerd extreemly well we have now both small beer & Porter upon tap as good as I ever drank them especialy the latter which was bought of Sam. & Jns. Curtiss at Wapping New Stairs the Small beer had some art usd to make it Steep, it was bought of Bruff & Taylor in hog lane near St Giles's our wine I cannot say much for tho I beleive it to be good in its nature we have not a glass fine these many months I beleive cheifly owing to the Carelessness or ignorance of the Steward
24. Weather very moderate some birds seen, in the morning a flock a peice of sea weed & a peice of wood or something that lookd like it & was coverd with Barnacles were seen from the ship
[Margin note] peice of Wood.