[Captain Cook’s Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by James Cook]@TWC D-Link bookCaptain Cook’s Journal During the First Voyage Round the World CHAPTER 1 111/112
Rum, Sugar, and Molasses are all good and Cheap.
Tobacco is Cheap, but not good.
Mutton they have very little.
Hogs and all sorts of Poultry are to be got, tho' in no great plenty, and of Course rather dear.
Garden Stuff and Fruit in plenty, but none that will keep long at Sea except Pumpkins. They have a Yard for building Shipping and a small Hulk for heaving down by, there being no other method to come at a Ship's bottom, as the Tides doth not rise above 6 or 7 feet.
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