Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0329
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July 1770. Endeavours River
to shew them that they were not yet out of our reach they ran on quickning their pace on hearing the Ball & we soon lost sight of them, we then returnd to the Seine where the people who were ashore had got the fire under we now thought we were free'd from these troublesome people but we soon heard their voices returning on which anxious for some people who were washing that way we ran towards them on seeing us come with our musquets they again retird leasurely after an old man had venturd quite to us & said something which we could not understand we followd for near a mile then meeting with some rocks from whence we might observe their motions we sat down & they did so too about 100 yards from us the little old man now came forward to us carrying in his hand a lance without a point. He halted several times and as he stood employd himself in collecting the moisture from under his arm pit with his finger which he every time drew through his mouth we beckond to him to come he then spoke to the others who all laid their lances against a tree & leaving them came forwards likewise & soon came quite to us they had with them it seems 3 strangers who wanted to see the ship but the man who was shot at & the boy were gone, so our troop now consisted of 11 the Strangers were