2 July 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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2 July 1770 Monday 2d Do Weather. In the PM the fishing party caught as much fish as came to 2 pound a man   those that were in the Country met with nothing new    Early in the AM I sent the Master in the Pinnace out of the Harbour to Sound about the Shoals in the offening and to look for a Channel to the northward.   at this time we had a breeze of wind from the land which continued till about 9 oClock, what makes me mention this is because it is the first land breeze we have had sence we have been in this harbour River — At low-water lashed some empty Casks under the Ships bows being in some hopes of floating her the next high-water and sent some hands afishing while others were employ'd in refiting the Ship — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 262, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700702.html