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21 June 1770
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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
1770
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Thursday 21st In the PM landed the Powder, got out the stone ballast wood, &Ca which brought the Ships draught of water to 8F..10I forward and 13 feet abaft this I thought by triming the Coals aft wou'd be sufficient as I find the tides will rise and fall upon a perpendicular 8 feet at spring tides, but after the coals was trim'd away from over the leak we could hear the water come gushing in a little abaft the fore mast & about 3 feet from her keel this determined me to clear the hold intirely Accordingly very early in the morning we went to work to get out the Coals which was employment for all hands
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