Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0085
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Novr. 1769. Opoorage
furnishd with wings indeed it was only aproachable by one very narrow & steep path but what made it most truly romantick was that much the largest part of it was hollowd out into an arch which penetrated quite through it & was in hight not less than 20 yards perpendicular above the water which ran through it the inhabitants on our aproach came down & invited us to go in but we refusd intending to visit a much larger & more perfect one about a mile off we spent however some little time in making presents to their women in the mean time we saw the inhabitants of the other come down from it men women & children about 100 in number & march towards us as soon as they came near enough they wav'd & calld horomai & set down in the bushes near the beach (a sure mark of their good intentions) we went to them & made a few presents & askd leave to go up to their heppah which they with joy immediately invited us to do & immediately accompanied us to it. it was calld Wharretoowa & was situate on the end of a hill where it Jutted out into the sea which washd two sides of it these were sufficiently steep but not absolutely inaccessible up one of the land sides which was also steep went the road the other was flat & open to the side of the hill the whole