Endeavour journal, 24 March 1769 (Series 03.209)
| Notes: | Page header reads: 'South Sea' |
| Author: | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: | 24 March 1769 |
| Series title: | Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
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| Transcript: | 24. Blew fresh still, wind as foul as ever. The officer of the watch reported that in the middle watch the water from being roughish became on a sudden as smooth as a mill pond, so that the ship from going only 4 knotts at once increasd to six, tho there was little or no more wind than before this, and a log of wood which was seen to pass by the ship by several people made them beleive that there was land to windward. At 8 when I came on deck the signs were all gone, I saw however two birds which seemed to be of the sterna? kind both very small, one quite white and another quite black who from their appearance probably could not venture far from Land. Today by our reckoning we crossed the tropick. |
