The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. I. Being the First of the First Voyage.Cook, James
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The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. I. Being the First of the First Voyage.
Cook, James
Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel; Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century
About three o’clock, we reimbarked, in order to return with the first of
the ebb, and named the river the THAMES, it having some resemblance to
our own river of that name. In our return, the inhabitants of the
village where we had been ashore, seeing us take another channel, came
off to us in their canoes, and trafficked with us in the most friendly
manner, till they had disposed of the few trifles they had. The tide of
ebb just carried us out of the narrow part of the river, into the
channel that run up from the sea before it was dark; and we pulled hard
to reach the ship, but meeting the flood, and a strong breeze at N. N.
W. with showers of rain, we were obliged to desist; and about midnight,
we run under the land, and came to a grappling, where we took such rest
as our situation would admit. At break of day, we set forward again, and
it was past seven o’clock before we reached the ship. We were all
extremely tired, but thought ourselves happy to be on board; for before
nine it blew so hard that the boat could not have rowed ahead, and must
therefore either have gone ashore, or taken shelter under it.
About three o’clock, having the tide of ebb, we took up our anchor, made
sail, and plied down the river till eight in the evening, when we came
to an anchor again: early in the morning, we made sail with the first
ebb, and kept plying till the flood obliged us once more to come to an
anchor. As we had now only a light breeze, I went in the pinnace,
accompanied by Dr. Solander, to the western shore, but I saw nothing
worthy of notice.
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