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As we formerly observed, the scurvy, which had began to show itself among our crew, had been one of the prinipal reasons which had induced our commander to refresh at Timor : ten men affected with this cruel distemper had been sent onshore at Coupang the day after we arrived, and were settled in a ruinous storehouse belonging to the Dutch Company, which was appointed for our hospital. Independent of these ten men who were so extremely affected by this distemper, we had a great number whose gums were more or less corroded and bleeding ; I myslef was of this number : but these slight symptoms soon disappeared by the use of fresh provisions and living on shore : and at the time of which I am now speaking, I found myself perfectly free from any appearance or symptom of the scurvy.
