"Mr Hicks who was the officer ashore did all in his power to entice them to him by offering them presents &c but it was to no purpose, all they seem’d to want was for us to be gone."
- Captain Cook, Journals. On first contact with the natives of New Holland (Australia).
"Mr Hicks who was the officer ashore did all in his power to entice them to him by offering them presents &c but it was to no purpose, all they seem’d to want was for us to be gone."
- Captain Cook, Journals. On first contact with the natives of New Holland (Australia).