Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0133
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Janry. 1770. Totara nue
out as we had been told maybe they are a delicacy here the flesh & skin upon these heads were soft but they were somehow preservd so as not to stink at all
We made another excursion today the bay every where where we have yet been is very hilly we have hardly seen a flat large enough for a potatoe garden our freinds here do not seem to feel the want of such places as we have not yet seen the least apearance of cultivation I suppose they live intirely upon fish dogs & Enemies
21. Dr Solander & myself were fishing today with hook & line & caught an immence number of fish every where upon the rocks in 4 or 5 fathom water we have indeed immence plenty, the Seine is hawld every night & seldom fails to furnish us with as much fish as we can possibly destroy
22. Made an excursion today in the pinnace in order to see more of the Bay While Dr Solander & Myself were botanizing the captn. went to the top of a hill & in about an hour returnd in high spirits, having seen the Eastern sea