Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 29 March 1769 (Series 03.214)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'South Sea' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
29 March 1769 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3006 / 248
CY 3006 / 249 |
| Transcript: |
29. Calm again. Bent a new shark line in the even a shark alongside took the bait but broke the new line just as we were going to hoist him in, I am told by the people that common fishing line will never last above a year if ever so much care is taken of it. |
