Part of my job, as a genetic engineer) is not only to breed plants, such as pumpkins, spinarch, peas and so on for (iron) food, but also animals and insects. Examples are the polled hereford, the thououghbred racehorse, and the silk worm (moth/butterfly).
On this trip there was a whippet, the first of its type. The idea is to map out the behaviour of these species and pattern their behaviour and feeding. Obviously there is no mating; being a human and a genetic engineer, I can argue (with God) that I can marry a woman, who then can become the first of the species, have its offspring, and continue the species, but not have to resort to any actual animal mating. A recent example if you care to chech teh record carefully, is the red panda, and a bird (all birds) is the lyre, bird.
I know who (whose soul) inhabited this female whippet bitch, and it of course is Sera, the woman who I met in Korea in 1991, and who you know as Elizabeth, the Queen of England. It would do no good to try to hide this story, because I have done no wrong. The object is to own the species so I can prevent genetic engineering, which is both unnecessary and dangerous.
All I know is that Banks had a Whippet, and a retriever on board. What sort of retriever, or gun dog, whether it was a Newfoundland or a Golden retriever, I do not know, but they were (are) my aunts Jessica and Marge/ and (daughters), and one of them (Marge) was due to be my wife.
It is common knowledge now that Banks, and possibly others often enjoyed sexual relations with these two animals, especially the whippet. I suppose it made a change from his male companions on the ship. Cook (I) had no knowledge of this at the time, and of course the dogs said nothing.
What is known is that sometime in the late 18th century, Sir Joseph Banks, an English botanist, acquired several Newfoundlands and in 1775 George Cartwright named them. In the late 1800s, another fan, Professor Albert Heim of Switzerland identified and described the breed.
But the existence of the Newfie, as the breed is sometimes called, was in jeopardy until then. In the 1780s, the breed was almost wiped out because of government-imposed restrictions mandating that Canadian families had to pay taxes on the one dog they were allowed to keep.
One person who contributed to the Newfoundland's resurgence was Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873), who liked to include the Newfoundland in his paintings See also Maya Calender
for details, see Transit of Venus, 2012
The best place to see the 2012 transit is in the Pacific Ocean - including Hawai'i, Alaska, and central Pacific islands. Some organizations have begun to prepare for the 2012 transit well in advance, including a group organizing festivities and observation in Tahiti.[30]
Transit of Mercury
A transit of Mercury across the Sun takes place when the planet Mercury comes between the Sun and the Earth, and Mercury is seen as a small black dot moving across the face of the Sun.
Transits of Mercury with respect to Earth are much more frequent than transits of Venus, with about 13 or 14 per century, in part because Mercury is closer to the Sun and orbits it more rapidly.
Transits of Mercury can happen in May or November. November transits occur at intervals of 7, 13, or 33 years ; May transits only occur at intervals of 13 or 33 years. The last three transits occurred in 1999, 2003 and 2006 ; the next will occur in 2016.
During a May transit, Mercury is near aphelion and has an angular diameter of 12"; during a November transit, it is near perihelion and has an angular diameter of 10"
| 1769 Nov 9 | 23:09 | Observed by Charles Green and James Cook from Mercury Bay in New Zealand.[6] Noted that Mercury had little or no atmosphere. |
The simultaneous occurrence of a transit of Mercury and a transit of Venus is extremely rare, and will next occur only in the years 69,163 and 224,508. The last simultaneous transit occurred in 373,173 BC. On September 13, 13,425 an almost identical event is predicted: a transit of Mercury and a transit of Venus will follow one after the other, in an interval of only 16 hours.
The simultaneous occurrence of a solar eclipse and a transit of Mercury is very rare. The last time this happened was September 20, 6945 BC.[1] The next solar eclipse occurring during a transit of Mercury will be on July 5, 6757. This solar eclipse will be visible from the South Pacific Ocean.[2]
We arrived in Poverty Bay, and then proceeded around the coast into the Bay of Plenty. There is a story about a canoe which raced us and outpaced us as we sailed. Then we explored Tauranga Harbour, passing inside Mototi Island (Flat Island as we explored the coast. After that we proceeded northwards to find a place to observe the
Banks arrived back in England on 12 July 1771 and immediately became famous. He intended to go with Cook on his second voyage, which began on 13 May 1772, but difficulties arose about the accommodation for Banks and his assistants, and he decided not to go. In July of the same year he and Daniel Solander visited the Isle of Wight, the western islands of Scotland and Iceland[7] aboard Sir Lawrence and returned with many botanical specimens. In 1773, he toured south Wales in the company of artist Paul Sandby.[10] When he settled in London he began work on his Florilegium. He kept in touch with most of the scientists of his time, was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1773, and added a fresh interest when he was elected to the Dilettante Society in 1774. He was afterwards secretary of this society from 1778 to 1797. On 30 November 1778 he was elected President of the Royal Society,[7] a position he was to hold with great distinction for over 41 years.
In March 1779, Banks married Dorothea Hugesson, daughter of W. W. Hugesson, and settled in a large house at 32 Soho Square (now comprising British offices for 20th Century Fox). It continued to be his London residence for the remainder of his life. There he welcomed the scientists, students and authors of his period, and many distinguished foreign visitors. His sister Sarah Sophia Banks lived in the house with Banks and his wife. He had as librarian and curator of his collections Solander, Jonas Carlsson Dryander and Robert Brown in succession.
November transit of Mercury. The place we settled on is still called Mercury Bay.
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Banks was very disagreeable during this time, and I had an idea, since he chose to stay on board with some of his marines while we went ashore that he was planning something. This is where my versoin departs from the official history. We made sure to camp beyond the range of the ships guns, and sure enough, at some time we were fired apon by the ship. It was Banks taking control. There was only one thing to do. Leaving instructions to follow me at a distance, I rowed out to the ship. Unfortunately, as expected I was fired upon, and despite wearing a heavy jacket or life preserver, was struck in teh back, however the wound was not immediately fatal, and I did manage to regain command of the ship for a period, there being only about five or so soldiers on board, however the wound did prove to be fatal. We, Banks, decided to head south once more, and we returned to Tauranga Harbour, where I was buried at a site on teh beach where the burial site may still be clearly seen. As I have had no confirmation of this story from the Maori people who have a very accurate way of recording their history orally, I cannot say for sure whether it is true or not. However Banks from then on (ironically thinking he could get away with it, without God and Jesus having any knowledge of the event) assumed my (Cook's) persona for the rest of the voyage and subsequent ones which I will explain.