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July 1770.    Endeavours River

we got into the countrey which differd very little from what we had seen. from hence we proceeded up the river which contracted itself much & lost most of its mangroves  the Banks were steep & coverd with trees of a Beautifull verdure particularly what is calld in the West Indies Mohoe or Bark tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus)  the land within was generaly low  coverd thick with long grass & seemd to promise great fertility were these people to plant & improve it. in the course of the day Tupia saw a Wolf  so at least I guess by his description & we saw 3 of the animals of the countrey but could not get one  also a kind of Batts as large as a Partridge but these also we were not lucky enough to get. at night we took up our lodgins close to the banks of the river & made a fire  but the Musquetos whose peacefull dominions it seems we had invaded  spard no pains to molest as much as was in their Power  they followd us into the very smoak nay almost into the fire  which hot as the Climate was we could better bear the heat of than their intolerable stings.

between the hardness of our beds  the heat of the fire & the stings of these indefatigable insects the night was not spent so agreably but that day

 

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