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whether Tupia was not the same person : from these 

 enquiries, we learned who it was that we had sup- 

 posed to be Spaniards, from the accounts that had 

 been given of two ships by the Islanders. 



In the mean time, I procured an order to the 

 superintendant of the island of Onrust, where the 

 ship was to be repaired, to receive her there ; and 

 sent by one of the ships that sailed for Holland, an 

 account of our arrival here, to Mr. Stephens, the 

 Secretary to the Admiralty. 



The expenses that would be incurred by repairing 

 and refitting the ship, rendered it necessary for me 

 to take up money in this place, which I imagined 

 might be done without difficulty, but I found myself 

 mistaken ; for, after the most diligent enquiry, I 

 could not find any private person that had ability 

 and inclination to advance the sum that I wanted. 

 In this difficulty I applied to the Governor himself, 

 by a written request ; in consequence of which, the 

 Shebander had orders to supply me with what money 

 I should require out of the Company's Treasury. 



On the 18th, as soon as it was light, having by 

 several accidents and mistakes suffered a delay of 

 many days, I took up the anchor, and ran down to 

 Onrust : a few days afterwards, we went along-side 

 of the wharf, on Cooper's Island, which lies close to 

 Onrust, in order to take out our stores. 



By this time, having been here only nine days, we 

 began to feel the fatal effects of the climate and 

 situation. Tupia, after the flow of spirits which the 

 novelties of the place produced upon his first land- 

 ing, sunk on a sudden, and grew every day worse 

 and worse. Tayeto was seized with an inflammation 

 upon his lungs, Mr. Banks's two servants became 

 very ill, and himself and Dr. Solander were attacked 

 by fevers : in a few days, almost every person both 

 on board and ashore were sick ; affected, no doubt, 

 by the low swampy situation of the place, and the 

 numberless dirty canals which intersect the town in 



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