14 May 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 14 May 1769 Endeavour Voyage Maps James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia Joseph Banks's Journal Sydney Parkinson's Journal The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth 1769 References Index Search Contact us Search for Nautical Term in Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine...

14 May 1769 Sunday 14th This day we perform'd divine Service in one of the Tents in the Fort, where several of the Natives attended and behaved with great decency the whole time: this day closed with an odd Scene at the Gate of the Fort where a young Fellow above 6 feet high lay with a ^ little Girl about 10 or 12 years of age publickly before several of our people and a number of the Natives. What makes me mention this, is because, that it appear'd to be done more from Custom than Lewdness, for there were several Women present particularly Obarea and several others of the better sort and these were so far from shewing the least disapprobation that they instructed the girl how she should act her part, who young as she was, did not seem to want it. Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 64, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17690514.html