Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0261
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May 1770. Botany Bay
individuals of any one species - the Captn. & Dr Solander employd the day in going into the pinnace into various parts of the harbour they saw fires at several places & people who all ran away at their approach with the greatest precipitation leaving behind the shell fish which they were cooking of this our gentlemen took the advantage eating what they found & leaving beads ribbands &c in return they found also several trees which bore fruit of the Jambosa; Kind much in colour & shape resembling cherries of these they eat plentifully & brought home also abundance which we eat with much pleasure tho they had little to recommend them but a light acid
4. Myself in the woods botanizing as usual now quite void of fear as our neighbours have turnd out such rank cowards. one of our midshipmen stragling by himself a long way from any one else met by accident with a very old man & woman & some children they were setting under a tree & neither party saw the other till they were close together they shewd signs of fear but did not attempt to run away he had nothing about him to give to them but some Parrots which he had shot these they refusd withdrawing