Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0093
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Novr. 1769. Öohoorage
Plank in the world & might possibly by some art be made light enough for mast as the pitch pine in America (to which our Carpenter likened this timber) is said to be lightned by tapping
As far as this the river had kept its depth & very little decreasd even in breadth the Captn was so much pleasd with it that he resolvd to call it the Thames it was now time for us to return the tide turning downwards gave us warning so away we went & got out of it into the bay before it was dark we rowd for the ship as fast as we could but nigh overtook us before we could get wthn some miles of us it blew fresh with showers of rain in this situation we rowd till near 12. & then gave over & running under the land came to a grapling & all went to sleep as well as we could
21. before daybreak we set out again it still blew fresh with mizling rain & fog so that it was an hour after day before we got a sight of the ship however we made shift to get on board by 7. tird enough & lucky it was for us that we did for before 9. it blew a fresh gale so that our boat could not have rowd ahead so that had we been out we must have either gone ashore or shelterd ourselves under it before Evening however it moderated so that we got under way with