Endeavour journal, 11 June 1769 (Series 03.289)

Notes:	Page header reads: 'Otahite'
Author:	Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820
Date:	11 June 1769
Series title:	Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771
Frame numbers:	CY 3006 / 320 CY 3006 / 321
Transcript:	11. This Evening Tubourai came to the tents bringing a bow and arrows, in consequence of a challenge Mr Gore had given him sometime ago to shoot. This challenge was however misunderstood, Tubourai meant to try who could shoot the farthest, Mr Gore to shoot at a mark and neither was at all practisd in what the other valued himself upon. Tubourai to please us shot in his way; he knelt down and drew the bow and as soon as he let slip the string droppd the bow from his hand, the arrow however went 274 yards.

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