Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0316
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Endeavours River
the Land about this place was not so fertile as lower down the hills rose almost immediately from the river & were barren stony & sandey much like those near the ship the river near us abounded much in fish who at sun set leapd about in the water much as trouts do in Europe but we had no kind of tackle to take them with
8. At day light in the Morn the tide serving we set out for the ship in our passage down met several flocks of Whistling Ducks of which we shot some we saw also an Allegator of about 7 feet long come out of the Mangroves & crawl into the Water. by 4 o'Clock we arrivd at the ship where we heard that the Indians had been near them but not come to them Yesterday they had made a fire about a mile & a half of & this morn 2 had appeard on the beach opposite to the ship. at night the Pinnace which had been sent in search of a Passage to Leward returnd she had been unsuccessfull in her main errand shoals innumerable she had met with upon one of them was lucky enough to see a turtle which was pursued & many more were seen so many that three were taken with only the