Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0154
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150. along the Shore
to the Southward as high as Lat 64º. S.
20. This morn we were close in with the land which appeard flat sandy & very barren near the shore but rising into high hills inland we stood in pretty near to it but saw no signs of inhabitants W Southerly all day blowing fresh
21. Weather rather more moderate but still foul so that we saw again today the same part of the coast as yesterday
22. Still more moderate but will not let us proceed at all to the southward
23. At noon today calm which gives us hopes that we may have a fair wind. as we have now been 4 days upon nearly the same part of the coast without seing any signs of inhabitants I think there is no doubt that this part at least is without inhabitants.
24. Fresh breeze of wind & fair so we went along shore briskly but kept so far off from it that no observations could be made we can only say that we did not see any fires other signs of people we could not have seen by reason of our distance had they been ever so numerous or conspicuous in the evening the land ahead inclind a good deal to the West we were now on board of two parties one who wishd that the land in sight might