Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0078
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from some enemy not far off they do not acknowledge any superior king which all we have before seen have done so possibly these are a set of ourlaws from Teratu's Kingdom their having no cultivation or houses makes it clear at least that it is either so or this is not their real habitation they say however that they have houses & a fort somewhere at a distance but do not say that even there is any cultivation
9. At day break this morn a vast number of boats were on board almost loaded with macarel of 2 sorts one exactly the same as is caught in England we concluded that they had caught a large shoal & sold us the overplus what they could not consume as they set very little value upon them it was however a fortunate circumstance for us as by 8 O'clock the ship had more fish on board than all hands could eat in 2 or 3 days & before night so many that every mess who could raise salt cornd as many as will last them this month or more
after an early breakfast the astronomer