Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0064
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Tolaga Bay
that he at first took it for a flock of small birds flying after him he who is a grave thinking man & is not at all given to telling wonderfull stories says he judg'd it to be at least yards in lengh.
29. Our water having been compleat the day before yesterday & nothing done yesterday but getting on board a small quantity of wood & a large supply of Excellent Celery with which this countrey abounds we this morn saild tho the wind was foul we turnd to windward all day & at night according to custom found ourselves to leeward of the place we had left in the morning
30. Fine breeze some canoes followd the ship in the morn but could not come up with her before noon we passd by a Cape which the Captn judgd to be the easter most point of the countrey & therefore calld it East Cape at least till another is found which better deserves that name
31. Breeze continued fair Countrey very pleasant to appearance several canoes came off & threatned us at a distance which gave us much uneasiness as we hop'd that an account of us & what we could & had done had spread farther than