{"product_id":"2940013774360","title":"Journal of a First Fleet Surgeon","description":"I think I hear You saying, \"Where the D--ce is Sydney Cove Port Jackson\"?\u003cbr\u003eand see You whirling the Letter about to find out the the Name of the\u003cbr\u003eScribe: Perhaps You have taken up Salmons Gazetteer, if so, pray spare\u003cbr\u003eyour Labour, and attend to Me for half an Hour--We sailed from the Cape\u003cbr\u003eof Good Hope on the 12th of November 1787-– As that was the last\u003cbr\u003ecivilized Country We should touch at, in our Passage to Botany Bay We\u003cbr\u003eprovided ourselves with every Article, necessary for the forming a\u003cbr\u003ecivilized Colony, Live Stock, consisting of Bulls, Cows, Horses Mares,\u003cbr\u003eColts, Sheep, Hogs, Goats Fowls and other living Creatures by Pairs. We\u003cbr\u003elikewise, procured a vast Number of Plants, Seeds \u0026amp; other Garden\u003cbr\u003earticles, such, as Orange, Lime, Lemon, Quince Apple, Pear Trees, in a\u003cbr\u003eWord, every Vegetable Production that the Cape afforded. Thus Equipped,\u003cbr\u003eeach Ship like another Noah's Ark, away we steered for Botany Bay, and\u003cbr\u003eafter a tolerably pleasant Voyage of 10 Weeks \u0026amp; 2 Days Governour\u003cbr\u003ePhillip, had the Satisfaction to see the whole of his little Fleet safe\u003cbr\u003eat Anchor in the said Bay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs we were sailing in We saw 8 or 10 of the Natives, sitting on the\u003cbr\u003eRocks on the South Shore, and as the Ships bordered pretty near thereto,\u003cbr\u003ewe could hear them hollow, and observe them talking to one another very\u003cbr\u003eearnestly, at the same time pointing towards the Ships; they were of a\u003cbr\u003eblack reddish sooty Colour, entirely naked, walked very upright, and\u003cbr\u003eeach of them had long Spears and a short Stick in their hands, soon\u003cbr\u003eafter the Ships had anchored, the Indians went up into the Wood, lit a\u003cbr\u003eFire, and sat Around about it, as unconcerned (apparently,) as tho'\u003cbr\u003enothing had occurred to them. Two Boats from the Sirius, were now Manned\u003cbr\u003eand armed, and the Governor, accompanied by Cap.tn Hunter, and several\u003cbr\u003eother Officers, went towards the Shore, where they had seen the Natives,\u003cbr\u003ewho perceiving the Boats making towards the Beach, came out of the Wood,\u003cbr\u003eand walked along, some distance from the Water-side, but immediately on\u003cbr\u003ethe Boats landing, they scampered up into the Woods again, with great\u003cbr\u003ePrecipitation. On this, the Governor, advised, that we should seem quite\u003cbr\u003eindifferent about them, and this apparent Indifference had a good\u003cbr\u003eEffect, for they very soon appeared in sight of Us, When, the Governor\u003cbr\u003eheld up some Beads, Red Cloth \u0026amp; other Bawbles and made signs for them to\u003cbr\u003eadvance, but they still were exceedingly shy \u0026amp; timid, and would not be\u003cbr\u003eenticed by our allurements; which the Governor perceiving, He shewed\u003cbr\u003ethem his Musket, then laid it on the Ground, advancing singly towards\u003cbr\u003ethem, they now seeing that He had nothing in his Hands like a Weapon one\u003cbr\u003eof ye oldest of the Natives gave his Spears to a younger, and approached\u003cbr\u003eto meet the Governor, but not without discovering manifest tokens of\u003cbr\u003eFear, and distrust, making signs for the things to be laid on the Ground\u003cbr\u003ewhich, the Governor complying with, He advanced, tooke them up, and went\u003cbr\u003eback to his Companions; Another, came forth and wanted some of the same\u003cbr\u003ekind of Presents, which, were given to Him by the same Method, at\u003cbr\u003elength, after various Methods to impress them with the Belief that We\u003cbr\u003emeant them no harm, they suffered Us to come up to them, and after\u003cbr\u003emaking them all presents, which they received with much the same kind of\u003cbr\u003ePleasure, which Children shew at such Bawbles, just looking at them,\u003cbr\u003ethen holding out their Hands for more, some laughing heartily, and\u003cbr\u003ejumping extravagantly; they began to shew a Confidence, and became very\u003cbr\u003efamiliar, and curious about our Cloaths, feeling the Coat, Waistcoat,\u003cbr\u003eand even the Shirt and on seeing one of the Gentlemen(Unclear:), pull\u003cbr\u003eoff his Hat, they all set up a loud Hoop, one was curious enough to take\u003cbr\u003ehold of a Gentlemans Hair that was cued, and called to his Companions to\u003cbr\u003elook at it, this was the occasion of another loud Hoop, accompanied with\u003cbr\u003eother Emotions of Astonishment. In a Word, they seemed pretty well\u003cbr\u003edivested of their Fears, and became very funny Fellows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey suffered the Sailors to dress them with different coloured Papers,\u003cbr\u003eand Fools-Caps, which pleased them mightily, the strange contrast these\u003cbr\u003eDecorations made with their black Complexion brought strongly to my\u003cbr\u003eMind, the Chimney-Sweepers in London on a May-Day.--They were all Men \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003eBoys in this Tribe.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083308351728,"sku":"2940013774360","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013774360_p0.jpg?v=1763590109","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013774360","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}