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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

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