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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

 

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