Remarks at Coupang Thursday 6th to Friday[*] 8th August 1789

[* Bligh's error. The 7th would have been Friday and the 8th Saturday.]

Fresh Breezes and Fair Weather. Wind ESE.

Employed Rigging and Fitting the Vessel. Sick List four Men intermitting Fevers. I have observed that those people who have been attacked with the Fever have all been Swelled and bloated about the Face. Bleeding was Practiced in the beginning.

I am now detained by the Governors Ill health. He is now incapable of Speaking and is hourly expected to die. The Raad therefore cannot issue me any Supplies.