Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0640
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536.
To the Cape of Good Hope
that time were very bad these remaind unalterably the same neither becoming better nor worse. through the whole course of this distemper Medicine has been of little use the Sick generaly proceeding gradualy to their end without a favourable symptom till the change of weather stopd in a manner instantaneously the Malignant quality of the disease.
8. A large Dutch ship in sight but she soon outsaild us as her fellows had done before her.
11. One more of the people died
12. Another died
14. A third died today neither of these people had grown either better or worse for many days
18. An uncommonly large Number of Tropick birds were about the ship this day
20. Lost another man
24. An Albatross seen the first sign we have had of aproaching the South again which we have for some days done pretty fast.
26. Lost 3 more people today. & got the Wind at NE for the first time it has varied from the true trade