210 cook's voyage to may, 



could spare for salting; and after sending to the Re- 

 solution a sufficient quantity for the same purpose, 

 they left several bushels behind on the beach. 



The snow now began to disappear very rapidly, 

 and abundance of wild garlic, celery, and nettle-tops 

 were gathered for the use of the crews, which being 

 boiled with wheat and portable soup, made them a 

 wholesome and comfortable breakfast, and with this 

 they were supplied every morning. The birch trees 

 were also tapped, and the sweet juice, which they 

 yielded in great quantities, was constantly mixed 

 with the men's allowance of brandy. 



The next day, a small bullock, which had been 

 procured for the ships' companies by the serjeant, 

 was killed, and weighed two hundred and seventy- 

 two pounds. It was served out to both crews for 

 their Sunday's dinner, being the first piece of fresh 

 beef they had tasted since our departure from the 

 Cape of Good Hope in December, 177^ a period of 

 near two years and a half. 



This evening died John Macintosh, the carpenter's 

 mate, after having laboured under a dysentery ever 

 since our departure from the Sandwich Islands : he 

 was a very hard-working quiet man, and much re- 

 gretted by his mess-mates. He was the fourth person 

 we lost by sickness during the voyage, but the first 

 who could be said, from his age and the constitu- 

 tional habits of his body, to have had on our setting 

 out an equal chance with the rest of his comrades : 

 Watman we supposed to be about sixty years of age; 

 and Roberts and Mr. Anderson, from the decay 

 which had evidently commenced before we left 

 England, could not, in all probability, under any cir- 

 cumstances, have lived a greater length of time than 

 they did. 



1 have already mentioned that Captain Clerke's 

 health continued daily to decline, notwithstanding 

 the salutary change of diet which the country of 

 Kamtschatka afforded him. The priest of Para- 



