26 November 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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26 November 1769 Sunday 26th PM Gentle breezes between the ENE and North, kept rainging a long shore to the Northward at the distance of 4 or 5 Miles off, saw several Villages and some Cultivated lands    Towards evening several Canoes Came off to us and some of the Natives venter'd on board, to two who appeared to be Chiefs I gave presents    After these were gone out out of the Ship the others became so troublesome that in order to get rid of them we was were at the expence of 2 or 3 Musquet Balls and one 4 pound shot but as no harm was intended them none they received unless they hapend to over heat themselves in pulling a shore. In the night had Variable light airs, but towards morning had a light breeze at South and after wards at SE, with this we proceeded slowly to the Northward. At 6 AM several Canoes came off from the place where they landed last night and between this and Noon a good many more came from other parts; had at one time a good many of the people on board and about 170 along side, their behaviour was tollerable friendly but we could not prevale upon them to traffick with us. At Noon the Main land extending from SBE to NWBW - a remarkable point of land bore West distant 4 or 5 Miles, Latitude Observed 35°.11' St — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 154, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17691126.html