29th October 1770

[Heaving down at Batavia]
29th, 30th, & 31st. Employ'd clearing the Ship.

Joseph Banks Journal
After a stay of two days I left Tupia well satisfied in Mind but not at all better in body and returnd to town where I was immediately seizd with a tertian, the fits of which were so violent as to deprive me intirely of my senses and leave me so weak as scarcely to be able to crawl down stairs.

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