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Revised Jun 30 2021

Bounty Logbook Aug 6-8, 1789

Remarks at Coupang Thursday 6th to Friday[*] 8th August 1789

[* The 7th would have been Friday and the 8th Saturday.]

Fresh Breezes and Fair Wr. Wind ESE.

Employed Rigging and Fitting the Vessel. Sick List four Men intermitting Fevers. I have observed that those people who have been attacked with the Fever have all been Swelled and bloated about the Face. Bleeding was Practiced in the beginning.

I am now detained by the Governors Ill health. He is now incapable of Speaking and is hourly expected to die. The Raad therefore cannot issue me any Supplies.