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I have always thought the situation of a Traveller singularly hard. If he tells nothing that is uncommon he must be a stupid fellow to have gone so far, and brought home so little; and if he does, why – it is hum – aya – a tap of the Chin; – and – ‘He’s a Traveller.’

WILLIAM WALES

Astronomer and Meteorologist

Captain Cook’s Second Voyage in the Resolution

Journal 13 May, 1774