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quite given him over ever since the death of his boy, whom 

 I well knew he sincerely loved, though he used to find much 

 fault with him during his lifetime. 



1 2th. Dr. Solander, who had not yet entirely taken to 

 his bed, returned from an airing this evening extremely ill. 

 He went to bed immediately. I sat by him, and soon 

 observed symptoms which alarmed me very much. I sent 

 immediately for our physician, Dr. Jaggi, who applied 

 sinapisms to his feet, and blisters to the calves of his legs, 

 but at the same time gave me little or no hopes of even the 

 possibility of his living till morning. Weak as I was I sat 

 by him till morning, when he changed very visibly for the 

 better. I then slept a little, and on waking found him still 

 better than I had any reason to hope. 



1 3th. As Dr. Jaggi had all along insisted on the country 

 air being necessary for our recovery, I at once agreed 

 with my landlord, Van Keys, for his country house, which 

 he immediately furnished for us ; agreeing to supply us 

 with provisions, and give us the use of five slaves who were 

 there, as well as three we were to take with us, for a dollar 

 a day (4s.), more than our common agreement. This country 

 house, though small and very bad, was situated about two 

 miles out of the town, in a situation that prepossessed me 

 much in its favour, being upon the banks of a briskly running 

 river, and well open to the sea breeze, two circumstances 

 which must much contribute to promote circulation of the 

 air, a thing of the utmost consequence in a country 

 perfectly resembling the low part of my native Lincolnshire. 

 Accordingly, Dr. Solander being much better, and in the 

 doctor's opinion not too bad to be removed, we carried 

 him to it this day, and also received from the ship Mr. 

 Sporing (our writer), a seaman, and the captain's own 

 servant, whom he had sent on hearing of our melancholy 

 situation, so that we were now sufficiently well attended, 

 having ten Malays and two whites, besides Mr. Sporing. 

 This night, however, Dr. Solander was extremely ill, so much 

 so that fresh blisters were applied to the inside of his thighs, 

 which he seemed not at all sensible of; nevertheless in the 



