Travel of Georg Forster
Dusky Sound - New Zealand (Dusky Bay)
Title
Shouting natives at Dusky Bay
Short description
Georg Forster describes what he heard from his father (Johann Reinhold) and from Captain Cook as they left the bay where the crew had camped for the night to stock up on supplies. As soon as the two had shot a duck, they heard screams coming from the other side of the river.
Text on source
The moment they had fired they heard a hideous shout of several loud and piercing voices round about them from different quarters. They shouted in their turn, and taking up the duck retired towards the boat, which was full half a mile off. The natives continued their clamours, but did not follow them; for indeed a deep branch of a river was between them, and their numbers were too inconsiderable to attempt hostilities; but these circumstances we only learnt in the sequel. We had in the mean while taken a ramble into the woods in search of plants; but hearing the shout of the natives, we embarked immediately in the remaining boat and joined the other, which by this time had taken Captain Cook and my father on board.
English translation
Folios/Pages
pp. 166-167
Date
1773 04 20 circa
Observations on the events description
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
Name
Role
Notes
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Cook, James
Teller
Forster, Johann Reinold
Teller
How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Shouting natives at Dusky Bay" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 03 13.
doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76
This work is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 
