Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0043
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Octr. 1769. off Portland Isle
instead of continuing the chase drew all together & after a short consultation went quietly away
About half an hour after this we hawld in with the land again & two more canoes came off one armd the other a small fishing boat with only 4 men in her they came tolerably near & answerd all the questions Tupia askd them very civily we could not persuade them to come on board but they came near enough to receive several presents which we hove over board to them with these they seem'd very much pleasd & went away at night the ship came to an anchor many fires were kept up on shore possibly to shew us that our freinds there were too much upon their guard to be surprizd.
13. Brisk breeze of wind 9. Canoes came after the ship this morn whether with war or peace we cannot tell for we soon left them behind we found that the land within Teahoura or Portland Isle makes another Island or peninsula both sides of this the natives have calld Teracaco so that is in all likely hood the name of the Island it before noon we were almost surrounded with land that nearest us made in green hills without the white Cliffs which we have generaly seen the appearance more fertil tho we can