Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0098
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off Cape Brett
ball was fird over their heads on which they immediately came back & returnd the cloth but soon after put off & went ashore
in the afternoon other Canoes came off & from some inattention of the officers were sufferd to cheat unpunishd & unfrightned this put one of the Midshipmen who had sufferd upon a droll tho rather mischeivous revenge he got a fishing line & when the Canoe was close to the ship hove the lead at the man who had cheated with so good success that he fastned the hook into his backside on which he pulld with all his might & the Indian kept back so the hook soon broke in the shank leaving its beard in his backside no very agreable legacy
27. Light breeze Several canoes came off & traded for fish but were most abominably saucy continualy threatning us at last they began to heave stone with more courage than any boats we had seen this made it nescessary to punish them the Captn went upon the Poop where they immediately threw at him he leveld a gun loaded with small shot at the man who held a stone in his hand in the very action of throwing & struck him