Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0132
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caught abundance of fish & I beleive it is the general way of Fishing all over this coast as many such netts have been seen at almost every place we have been in in this bay indeed fish were so plenty that it is hardly possible not to catch abundance whatever way is made use of
in the course of this days excursion we shot many shaggs from their nests in the trees & on the rocks these birds we roast or stew & think not bad provisions so between shaggs & fish this is the place of the greatest plenty of any we have seen
19. Indians came this morn from another part of the bay where they said was a town which we had not seen they brought plenty of fish which they sold for nails of which they hade new by this time learnt the value
20. Our old man came this morn according to his promise with the heads of 4 people which were preservd with the flesh & hair on & kept I suppose as trophies as posibly scalps were by the North americans before the Europeans came among them the brains were however taken