till'd Salt Water into Fresh. I allow'd them as much Pease
and Flower as they could eat, that they might not eat any Salt
Provision, tho' I boil'd it in fresh Water. I had been very liberal with
my fresh Provision in my Passage, to my People, and the Passage so long,
that I had hardly any left, and that only a few Fowls; and myself and
Officers too had been much out of Order. At last, being got to the
Northward of _Augustin_ Bay, seeing my poor People fall down so very
fast, it gave me very great Concern for them, but still was willing, in
Hopes of Change of Wind, for _Johanna_. But the small Airs trifled with
me, and what there were Northerly, a Current setting to the Southward,
that what to do I could not well tell. To go into _Augustin_ Bay I was
very unwilling: I had two Boats came off to me, the People talking
tolerable good _English_. At last, my Doctor, _Sharp_, told me there
were above Thirty People down with the Scurvy, and all the rest, even
some of the Petty Officers, were touch'd with the same. If I did not
soon put into Port, I plainly found I should have been in a bad
Condition, for Men; I consulted with my Officers, to go into _Augustin_
Bay, and we agreed, and bore away for it. Soon after, the Wind came
Southerly, and I bore away for _Johanna_. A fine Passage I had, and
anchor'd the next Day about Four in the Afternoon, being _Sept._ 13. I
thank God I brought all my People in alive, and that is as much I can
say of a good many of them. I had a Tent made ashore for them, and
supplied them all that ever I could, and the Doctors assisting with
every thing in their Way for their speedy Recovery. After I had been
here a Fortnight, the Winds in the Day-time set in very fresh from the
N. N. W. to the N. N. E. Finding the People recover so very slowly, what
to do I could not tell. To go out with my People as bad as when they
came in, I was not willing, but resolv'd to have Patience one Week more.
I consulted with Mr. _Rogers_, my Chief-Mate, and told him that we must
consider the Condition of the People, and how we met the Winds and
Currents before we came in. The People of the Island told me, that this
was about the time of Year for the Northerly Winds and Southerly
Currents, and I told him I thought it better to trim all our Casks, and
fill what Water we could, fearing of a long Passage, if our Stay was a
little longer. Mr. _Rogers_ was of my Opinion. This I must say, I found
the Cask not so well used in the Hol