Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0061
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Octr. 1769 Tolaga Bay
long shapd [small diagram] a stick was given him for an enemy to this he advancd with most furious aspect brandishing his lance which he held with vast firmness after some time he ran at the stick & supposing it a man run through the body he immediately fell upon the the upper end of it, laying on most unmercifull blows with his patopatoo any one of which would probably have split most sculls from hence I should be led to conclude that they give no quarter
25. Went ashore this morn and renewd our searches for plants &c. with great success in the mean time Tupia who staid with the waterers had much conversation with one of their preists they seemd to agree very well in their notions of religion only Tupia was much more learned than the other & all his discourse was heard with much attention he askd them in the course of his conversation with them many questions among the rest whether or no they realy eat men which he was very loth to beleive they answerd in the affirmative saying that they eat the bodys only of those of their enemies who were killd in war
26. All this day it raind without intermission so hard that notwisthstanding our wishing neither Dr Solander or myself could go ashore in the course of the day very few canoes came on board & not more than 8 or 10 Indians came down to the waterers.