Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0447
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a very small one & five guineas given for it 2 more larger followd immediately for one of which a musquet & for the other 5 guineas was given there was now no more occasion for money 2 large herds of Buffeloes were brought down & we pickd them just as we chose for a musquet apeice we bought nine as many we thought as would last us to Batavia especialy as we had little or no victuals but so ill were we provided with cords that 3 of the nine broke from us 2 of these the Indians recoverd but the third got quite off tho our people assisted by the Indians followd him 3 hours
In the Evening Mr Lange came down to the Beach softned by the money which no doubt he had receivd he was who was in the morn as sour as verjuice was now all sweetness & softness the Dr who spoke German but little was loth to mention to him any of the transactions of the morning he however took frequent occasions of letting us know that if we pleasd we might come ashore in the morning the next day. our business was