Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0264
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however & ran away so quick that it was impossible even to atempt to pursue him
5. as tomorrow was fixd for our sailing Dr Solander & myself were employd the whole day in collecting specimens of as many things as we possibly could to be examind at sea the day was calm & the Mosquetos of which we have always had some, more than usualy troublesome. no Indians were seen by any body during the whole day. the 2nd Lieutenant went out striking & took several large Stingrays the biggest of which weighd without his gutts 336 pounds.
6. Went to sea this morn with a fair breeze of wind the land we saild past during the whole forenoon appeard broken & likely for harbours in the afternoon again woody & very pleasant. We dind to day upon the sting-ray & his tripe the fish itself was not quite so good as a scate nor was it much inferior the tripe every body thought excellent we had with it a dish of the leaves of tetragonia cornuta boild which eat as well as spinage or very near it
7. During last night a very large dew fell which