1770. The expences that would be incurred by repairing and re-
1 _ ' . fitting the fhip, rendered it neceffary for me to take up
Thurfday money fn this place, which I imagined might be done without
difficulty, but I found myfelf miftaken; for after the
moft diligent enquiry, I could not find any private perfon that
had ability and inclination to advance the fum that I wanted.
In this difficulty I applied to the Governor himfelf, by a
written requeft, in confequence of which, the Shebander had
orders to fupply me with what money I fhould require out of
the Company’s Treafury.
Thurfday 18. On the 18th, as foon as it was light, having by feveral
accidents and miftakes fuffered a delay of many days, I took
up the anchor, and ran down to Ouruft: a few days afterwards,
we went along-fide of the wharf, on Cooper’s Ifland,
which lies clofe to Ouruft, in order to take out our ftores.
By this time, having been here only nine days, we began
to feel the fatal eflefts of the climate and fituation. Tupia,
after the flow of fpirits which the novelties of the place produced
upon his 'firft landing, funk on a fudden, and grew
every day worfe and worfe. Tayeto was feized with an inflammation
upon his lungs, Mr. Banks’s two fervants became
very ill, and himfelf and Dr. Solander were attacked by
fevers: in a few days, almoft every perfon both on board
and afhore was fick; affedted, no doubt, by the low fwampy
fituation of the place, and the numberlefs dirty canals which
interfedl the town in all directions. On the 26th, I fet up
the tent for the reception of the fhip’s company, of whom
there was but a fmall number able to do duty. Poor Tupia,
of whofe life we now began to defpair, and who till this
time had continued afhore with Mr. Banks, defired to be removed
to the fhip, where, he faid, he fhould breathe a freer
air than among the numerous houfe-s which obftrudled it
afhore:
afhore: on board the fhip, however, he could not go, for flic
was unrigged, and preparing to be' laid down at the careen-
ing-place; but on the 28th, Mr. Banks went with him to
Cooper’s Ifland, or, as it is called here, Kuypor, where fhe
lay, and as he feemed pleafed with the fpot, a tent was
there pitched for him : at this place, both the fea breeze and
the land breeze blew direftly over him, and he exprefled
great fatisfadlion in his fituation. Mr. Banks, whofe humanity
kept him two days with- this poor Indian, returned to
the-town on the 30th, and the fits of his intermittent, which
was now become a regular tertian, were fo violent as to deprive
him of his fenfes while they lafted, and leave him fo
weak that he was fcarcely able to crawl down flairs : at this
time, Dr. Solander’s diforder alfo increafed, and Mr. Monk-
houle, the Surgeon, was confined to his bed.
Gn the 5th of November, after many delays in confe-
quence of the Dutch fhips coming along-fide the wharfs to
load pepper, the fhip was laid down, and the fame day, Mr.
Monkhoufe, our Surgeon, a fenfible, fkilful man, fell the
firft facrifice to this fatal country, a lofs which was greatly
aggravated by our fituation. Dr. Solander was juft able to
attend his funeral, but Mr. Banks' was confined to his bed.
Our diftrefs was now very great, and the profpeft before us
difcouraging in the higheft degree: our danger was not fuch
as we could furaittunt by any efforts of our own ; courage,
fkill, and diligence were all equally incfl'edlual, and death
was every day making advances upon us, where we could
neither refill nor fly. Malay fervants were hired to attend
the fick, but they had fo little fenfe’either of duty or humanity,
1 that they could not be kept within call, and the patient
was frequently obliged to get out of bed to feek them. On
the gth, we loft our poor Indian boy Tayeto, and Tupia- was
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Sunday 28.
Tuefday 30.
November.
Monday <5.
Friday g.