Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0276
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272.
Keppels Bay
fish were caught. at night perceiving the tide to run very strong we anchord. no fires were seen the whole day.
We examind the orange juice & brandy which had been sent on board as prepard by Dr Hulmes directions See his letter p. it had never been movd from the cag in which it came on board about 1/2 of it had been usd or leakd out the remainder was coverd with a whitish mother but otherwise was not at all damagd either to taste or sight when it came out of the cag but when put into a bottle in 3 or 4 days it became ropey & good for nothing on this we resolvd to have it boild down to a evaperated immediately to a strong essence & put up in Bottles immediately
26. Standing into a channel with land on both sides of us & water very shoal, many rocky Islets, the main land very rocky & barren at 1 the Water became so shallow that we came to an anchor; while the ships boats were employd in sounding round about her myself in my small boat went a shooting & killd several bobies