Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0638
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[Page 638]
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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