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the 'tween-decks purified with fires and fumiga- 

 tions. Thanks to his care, he had the satisfaction 

 of recording that he had six fewer sick than he 

 had had in passing the same latitude on his two 

 previous voyages. This happy state of things 

 was all the more surprising because the deck- 

 planking had opened up with the heat, letting in 

 a lot of water. All the sailors' hammocks were 

 wet, and the officers' cabins were flooded with 

 water. As soon as the rains had ceased, Cook 

 had all the openings in the decks and the sides 

 of the ship carefully caulked. 



Having crossed the equator, Cook steered 

 southeast and made for the eastern coast of 

 Brazil, then, on October i8th, he arrived with- 

 out incident at the Cape of Good Hope, where 

 he anchored in Table Bay. 



The Dutch Governor, Baron de Plattenburg, 

 who had received him so well in 1772, welcomed 

 him as w^armly, and put everything that he might 

 need at his disposal. The Resolution was put 

 into condition to carry out her long cruise, and 

 her animal population was increased by two 

 bulls, two heifers, two colts, two mares, two rams, 

 sheep, goats, rabbits and fowls. All this domes- 

 tic menagerie was intended for New Zealand, 

 Tahiti, the Pacific Islands and any other place 

 where civilised animals might multiply. Some- 



