Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0518
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poor Tupias life at last he desird to be removd to the ship where he said he should breathe a freeer air clear of the numerous houses which he beleivd by to be the cause of his disease by stopping the free draught.
28. accordingly on the 28th I went down with him to Kuyper & on his liking the shore had a tent pitch'd for him in a place he chose where both sea breeze & land breeze blew right over him a situation in which he expressd great satisfaction. the Seamen now fell sick fast so that the tents ashore were always full of sick: after a stay of two days I left Tupia well satisfied in Mind but not at all better in body &
30. returnd to town where I was immediately seizd with a tertian the fits of which were so violent as to deprive me intirely of my senses & leave me so weak as scarcely to be able to crawl down stairs