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9.
Septr. 1769.  In search of the Southern Continent

Dr Solander has been unwell for some days so today I opend  Dr Hulme's Essence of Lemon Juice  Mr Monkhouse having prescribd it for him  which provd perfectly good   little if at all inferior in taste to fresh lemon juice  w e also today made a pye of the New England  North American apples which Dr Fothergill gave me  which provd very good  if not quite equal to the apple pyes which our freinds in England are now eating  good enough to please us who have been so long deprivd of the fruits of our native Countrey
in the main however we are very well off for refreshments and provisions of most species  our ships beef and Pork are excellent as are the peas  the flour and oatmeal which have at some times faild us are at present and have in general been very good  Our water is as sweet and has rather more spirit than it had when drank out of the river at Otahite  our bread indeed is but indifferent occasiond by the quantity of Vermin that are in it  I have often seen hundreds nay thousands shaken out of a single bisket  we in the Cabbin have however an easy remedy for this by baking it in an oven not too hot, which makes them all walk off  but this cannot be allowd to the private people who must find the taste of these animals very disagreable  as they every one taste as strong as mustard or rather spirits of hartshorn  They are of 5 kinds

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