Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0286
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Bay of inlets
us the night passd however without the least accident, & at day light in the morn the anchor was got up & we proceeded, in hopes of getting out of our Archipelago. by noon we got in with the main land, which made hilly & barren; on it were some smoaks. in the Evening the weather settled fine & we saild along shore, at night, came to an Anchor.
Tupia complaind this Evening of swelld Gums, he had it seems had his mouth sore for near a fortnight, but not knowing what cause it proceeded from did not complain the Surgeon immediately put him upon taking extract of Lemons in all his drink
2. Sailing along shore with fine weather, the countrey hilly & ill wooded. Some Islands were still in sight ahead of us; at noon the irregularity of the soundings made it necessary to send the boat ahead again, in the Evening the countrey look'd was moderately hilly & seemd green & pleasant, one smoak was seen upon it. at night we anchord several large Islands being without us