Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0106
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a heat by defending the Custom which Tubia who had never before heard of such a thing takes every Occasion to speak ill of exhorting them often to leave it off They however as universaly agree that they Eat none but the bodies of those of their Enemies who are killd in war all others are buried
2. Boats went ashore on the Island again I do not know what tempted Dr Solander & myself to go there where we almost knew nothing was to be got but wet skins which we had very sufficiently for it raind all the time we were ashore as hard as I ever saw it
3. Many Canoes were on board in the morn one very large which carried 82 people after breakfast Dr Solander & myself went ashore on the Continent we found few plants & saw but few people but they were most perfectly civil we went by their invitation to their little town which was situated in the bottom of a cove without the least defence one of the old men here shewd us the instruments with which they stain their bodies which was exactly like those usd at Otahite we saw also here the man who was shot at on the 29th in atempting to steal the Buoy the ball had gone through the fleshy part of his arm & grazd his breast the wound was