Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0231
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Station Sloop in his majesties service is every year more expensive than this ship where every rope & every sail every rope yarn even is obligd to do its duty most thouroughly before it can be dismissd how trifling then must this expence appear when in return for it the nation acquires experiencd seamen in those who execute it & the National Praise which is never denied to nations countries who in this publick spirited manner promote the increase of knowledge
at the Cape of Good Hope might be procurd Beef, Bread, Flower, Pease, Spirit, or indeed any kind of Provision at Reasonable Rates the Beef must be bought alive & salted for which purpose it would be proper to take out Salt from Europe the General price which ideed never varies is two pence a pound it is tolerable meat but not so fat as ours in England Pork is scarce & dear of that therefore a larger proportion might be taken out Bread which varies in price is of the Rusk kind very good but rather brown Spirit is Arrack