23 June 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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23 June 1770 Saturday 23rd Winds south easterly a fresh gale and fair weather - Carpenters empd shifting the damaged Planks as long as the tide would permit them to work - At low water in the PM we examined her starboard side the Ships bottom under the starboard side she being dry as far aft as the after part of the fore chains   We could not find that she had received any other damage on this side but what has been mentioned - In the morning I sent 3 Men into the Country to shoot Pigeons, as some few of these birds had been seen flying about, in the evening they returnd with about 1/2 a dozen; one of the men saw an Animal of the Deer kind something less than a grey hound. it was of a Mouse Colour very slender made and swift of foot    In the AM I sent a boat to haul the saine who return'd at Noon having made three hauls and caught only three fish, and yet we see ^them plenty of jumping about the harbour but can find no method of catching them Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 260, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700623.html