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| Ettow | 2 large pots | 4 small | ||
| Mattee | 5 | 1 | ||
| Oriahs | 10 | |||
| Peah | 7 | |||
| Vaës | 2 | |||
| Curiosity Plants | 2 | 8 | 2 Tubs | |
| Total | 835 | 381 | 39 | 26 Boxes |
| Containing Bread fruits | 2126 | |||
| other Fruits | 472 | |||
| Curiosities | 36 | |||
| Total | 2634 |
Aug.st 24
Happily the Plants are in a most Flourishing Condition
Sept 3d
Entered the Streight
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the distilling apparatus put in order allowance 2 quarts a day each man. a Puncheon serves the plants 2 & sometimes 3 days
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the distilling apparatus rendered useless by the inner tube becoming unsolderd
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sent two boats in search of water found none
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the apparatus for distillation was repaird
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the water getting short the people were stinted
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Fairly out of the Streights
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up to this day the Loss of Plants
| Bread fruit | 126 large | 94 small pots |
| Avees | 1 small pots | |
| Plantains | 3 large pots |
Capt Bligh attributes this loss to the Closeness of the Cabbin he observed that it cheifly[sic] fell upon the Plants in the Cabbin & that most of these which died were placd near the side where the air was least free
Oct.r 2
Arrived at Timor weather excessive hot
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sent pots on shore for plants 224 pots had been lost
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received 92 pots of plants
Mangoes - 6 pots
Jambolan - 7
Mambo's [Manbolo] - 20
Bilimbing - 4