Nov.1770 DEATH OF TUPIA—SOLANDER’S ILLNESS 373 
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. 
12th. 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. 
13th. As Dr. Jaggi had all along insisted on the country 
air being necessary for our recovery, I at once agreed 
with my landlord, Van Heys, 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 
