Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0408
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Some account of New Holland
from the main Land as Islands were on which we saw evident marks of their having been such as decayd houses fires the before mentiond Turtle bones &c. May be at this more moderate time they may make & use such Canoes & when the Blustering season comes on may convert the bark of which they were made to the purposes of covering houses making Water buckets &c. &c. well knowing that when the next season returns they will not want a supply of bark to rebuild their vessels,
[Margin note] Seasons
another reason we have to imagine that such a moderate season exists, & that the Winds are then upon the Eastern board as we found them is, that whatever Indian houses or sleeping places we saw on these Islands were built upon the summits of small hills if there were any,
[Margin note] Shelter to East
or if not, in places where no bushes or wood could intercept the course of the wind, & their shelter was always turnd to the Eastward, on the main again, their houses were universaly built in valleys or under the shelter of trees which might defend