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To the Cape of Good Hope

Several Tropick birds & some Gannets (Pel:piscator) were seen today

the people died, all of the very same complaint as I labourd under  no very encouraging circumstance

29. Self still Bad  three more of the people died this day

30. For the first time I found myself better & had slept some time which my continual pains had never sufferd me to do before notwistanding the opiates which were constantly administerd  One person only died today but so weak were the people in general that officers & men included, not more than 8 or nine could keep the deck so that 4 in a watch was all they had

31. This day I got out of my bed in good spirits & free from pain but very weak  my recovery had been as rapid as my disease was violent but to what cause to attribute either the one or the other to we all were equaly at a loss

The wind which came to E & SE yesterday blew today in the same direction so we had little reason to doubt its being the true trade
 

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