The Deaths of Dr. Monkhouse, kc . 199 
Sclander’s diforder alfo increafed, and Mr. Monkhoufe, the 
Surgeon, was confined to his bed. 
On the fifth of November, after many delays in confequence 
of the Dutch fhips coming along-fide the wharfs to load pepper, 
the Ihip was laid down, and the fame day, Mr. Monkhoufe, 
our Surgeon, a fenfible, Ikillful man, fell the firft facrifice to 
this fatal country, a lofs which was greatly aggravated by our 
fituation. Dr. Solander was juft able to attend his funeral, 
but Mr. Banks was confined to his bed. Our diftrefs was now 
very great, and the profpeft before us difcouraging in the 
higheft degree : our danger was ot fuch as we could furmount 
by any efforts of our own ; courage, fkill, and diligence were 
all equally ineffeftual, and death was every day making ad- 
vances upon us, where we could neither relift nor fly. Malay 
fervants were hired to attend the lick, but they had fo little 
fenfe either of duty or humanity, that they could net be kept 
within call, and the patient was frequently obliged to get out 
of bed to feek them. On the 9th, we loft our poor Indian boy 
Tayeto, and Tupia was fo much affefled, that it was doubted 
whether he would furvive till the next day. 
In the mean time, the bottom of the Ihip being examined, 
was found to be in a worfe condition than we apprehended: 
the falfe keel was all gone to within twenty feet of the ftern 
poll; the main keel was confiderably injured in many places; 
a great quantity of the lheating was torn off, and feveral planks 
were much damaged ; two of them, and the half of a third, 
under the main channel near the keel, were, for the length of 
fix feet, fo worn, that they were not above an eight part of an 
inch thick, and here the worms had made their way quite into 
the timbers ; yet in this condition fine had failed many hundred 
leagues, where navigation is as dangerous as in any part of 
the world : how much mifery did we efcape, by being ignorant 
that foconfiderable apart of the bottom of the veffel was thinner 
than the foie of a fhoe, and that every life on board depended 
upon fo flight and fragile a barrier between us and the un- 
fathomable ocean ! It feemed, however, that we had been pre- 
ferved only to perifh here ; Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander were 
fo bad that the phyfidan declared they had no chance for re- 
covery but by removing into the country ; a houfe was therefore 
hired for them, at the diftance of about two miles from the 
town, which belonged to the mailer of the hotel, who engaged 
to furnifh them with proviiions, and the ufeof Haves. As they 
had already experienced their want ofinfluence ove'rflaves that 
had other mailers, and the unfeeling inattention of thefe fellows 
to the fick, they bought each of them a Mallay woman, which 
removed both the caufes of their being fo ill ferved ; the women 
were their own property, and the tendernefs of the fex, even 
■here, made them good aurfes. While thefe preparations were 
making. 
