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" At this time the number of sick on board amounted to forty, and the rest of the ship's company were in a very feeble condition. Every individual had been sick except the sailmaker, an old man between seventy and eighty years of age, and it is very remarkable... "
A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th Century - Page 420
by Robert Kerr - 1815
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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present ..., Volume 2

Arctic regions - 1775 - 674 pages
...Every individual had been fick except the fail-maker, an old man between feventy and eighty years of age, and it is very remarkable that this old man, during our (lay at this place, was conftantly drunk every day : we had buried feven, the Surgeon, three feamen,...
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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present ..., Volume 4

Oceania - 1785 - 456 pages
...Every individual had been fick except the fail-maker, an old man between feventy and eighty years of age, and it is very remarkable that this old man, during our ftay at this place, was conftantly drunk every day : we had buried feven, the Surgeon, three featnen,...
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Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 7

Medicine - 1811 - 544 pages
...individual had been sick (at Batavia) except the sail-maker, an .old man between 70 and 80 years of age; and it is very remarkable that this old man, during our stay at the place, was constantly drunk every day." Now to a person endowed with only an ordinary share of...
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A General Collection of Voyages and Travels: Including the Most ..., Volume 13

William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1813 - 368 pages
...Every individual had been sick except the sail-maker, an old man between seventy and eighty years of age, and it is very remarkable that this old man,...buried seven, the surgeon, three seamen, Mr. Green's servant, Tupia, and Tayeto his boy. All but Tupia fell a sacrifice to the nn wholecome, stagnant, putrid...
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A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged ..., Issue 24

General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...the sail-maker, an old man between seventy and eighty years ol age ; and it is very remarkable, thai this old man, during our stay at this place, was constantly...the full spirit of a British officer and minister. livrry reader must be aware how materially the same determination on the part of our government has...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 13

Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1815 - 550 pages
...Every individual had been sick except the sail-maker, an old man between seventy and eighty years of age ; and it is very remarkable, that this old man,...stay at this place, was constantly drunk e'very day :g We had buried seven, the surgeon, three seamen, Mr Green's 7 Whatever may be thought of the advantage...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 20

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1822 - 584 pages
...individual had been sick (at Batavia) except the sail-maker, an old man between seventy and eighty years of age ; and it is very remarkable that this old man, during our stay at the place, was constantly drunk every day."— Vol. iii. p. 319. Of the island of Rotterdam in the...
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Wild sports of the West, by the author of 'Stories of Waterloo'.

William Hamilton Maxwell - 1832 - 364 pages
...Every individual had been sick, except the sail-maker, an old man between seventy and eighty years of age, and it is very remarkable, that this old man,...stay at this place, was constantly drunk every day." — Cook's Voyage. No. XL— Page 95. The Mullet is the grand boundary of the wild peninsula of Erris,...
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Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches, Volume 2

William Hamilton Maxwell - Fishing - 1832 - 366 pages
...Every individual had been sick, except the sail-maker, an old man between seventy and eighty years of age, and it is very remarkable, that this old man,...stay at this place, was constantly drunk every day." — CooA's Voyage. No. XL— Page 95. The Mullet is the grand boundary of the wild peninsula of Erris,...
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The Voyages of Captain James Cook: Illustrated with Maps and Numerous ...

James Cook - Oceania - 1842 - 636 pages
...Every individual had been sick except the sailmaker, an old man between seventy and eighty years of age, and it is very remarkable that this old man,...buried seven, the surgeon, three seamen, Mr. Green's servant, Tupia, and Tayeto his boy. All but Tupia fell a sacrifice to the unwholesome, stagnant, putrid...
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