Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0337
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August 1770. From Endeavours River
but desisted from their attempts after having ran the ship twice ashore
4. Fine calm morn Began early & warp'd the ship out, after which we saild right out till we came to the turtle reef where our turtlers took one turtle myself got some few shells but saw many Beautifull sea insects &c. at night our people who fishd caught abundance of sharks
5. The Turtlers were again out upon the shoal & took one turtle. at 2 we weighd resolvd to stand out as well as we could among the shoals but before night were stoppd by another shoal which lay directly across our way
6. Blew so fresh that we could not move but lay still all day not without anxiety least the anchor should not hold.
7. During last night the gale had freshned much & in the morn we found that we had drove above a League fortunately no shoal had in that distance taken us up but one was in sight astern & the ship drove fast towards it on this another anchor was let go & much cable verd out but even this would not stop her our prospect was now more melancholy than ever the shoal was plainly