18 October 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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18 October 1770 THURSDAY 18th In the PM Received on board 2 live Oxen, 150 Gallns of Arrack, or 3 barls of Tarr and one of Pitch. At Day light in the A.M. took up our Anchor and Run down to Onrust - At 9 Anchord ^in 8 fathom off Coopers Island which lies close to Onrust, there are Warfes at both of these Islands and ships, land there stores some times on the one and some-times on the other but it is only at Onrust where the proper conveniences are for heaving down - Soon after we Anchord I went ashore to the officers of the Yard to see if they could not allow us some place to land our stores but this could not be granted without orders Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 330, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17701018.html