Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0299
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295.
June 1770. off Cape Tribulation
to the East indies.
During the whole time of this distress I must say for the credit of our people that I beleive every man exerted his utmost for the preservation of the ship contrary to what I have universaly heard to be the behavior of sea men in general who have commonly as soon as a ship is in a desperate situation began to plunder and refuse all command this was no doubt owing intirely to the cool & steady conduct of the officers who during the whole time never gave an order which did not shew them to be perfectly composd & unmovd by the circumstances howsoever dreadfull they might appear.
13. One Pump & that not half workd kept the ship clear all night in the morn we weighd with a fine breeze of wind & steerd along ashore among innumerable shoals the boats keeping ahead & examining every appearance of a harbour which presented itself nothing however was met with which could possibly suit our situation bad as it was so at night we came to an anchor the Pinnace however which had gone far ahead was not returnd nor did she till nine O'Clock when she reported that she had found just the place we wanted in which the tide rose sufficiently