Catalogue description Folio 13: 30th April 1821; the weather becoming very warm and the prisoners complaining...

Folio 13: 30th April 1821; the weather becoming very warm and the prisoners complaining of thirst, I thought it prudent to order the lime juice and sugar to be served out. For this some time past the men have got into the habit of fighting amongst themselves every day and thought I have threatened to flog them and put other in irons, still two of them in my presence on deck commenced fighting, I had them tied up and gave William Smith four lashes and Friday Angle six, he being most in fault.

Folios 16-17 and 29-31: Thomas Shenfield, aged 19, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pain of the head and inclination to vomit and faintness, skin and pulse natural, tongue clean; put on sick list 5 May 1821, discharged 17 June 1821.

Folios 16-18: John Wilson, aged 24, soldier, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, cholera morbus, sickness at stomach, vomiting and purging, abdomen much swelled, great pain in the epigastric region; put on sick list 7 May 1821, discharged 11 May 1821.

Folio 17: 10th May 1821; James Haynes in double irons for fighting and swearing, also Henry Abbott for swearing. Issued each man and boy a gill of wine excepting John Haynes, Henry Abbott, John Dunn and Samuel Davis, the two latter I put also in irons for fighting.

Folio 18: 11th May 1821; prisoners complaining every day of slight indisposition.

Folio 18: 12th May 1821; scraped, fumigated the hospital and prison. In consequence of John Sounder (who was recommended to me from the Justitia as school master) conducting himself improperly, I was under the necessity of sending him into the prison with the men and putting him in double irons.

Folio 18: 13th May 1821; ever since the prisoners came on board some of them has been in the habit of thieving every night and James Haynes, Friday Angle, Robert Woodbridge were detected; put the two latter in irons and handcuffed the former, with an assurance of my punishing them tomorrow.

Folios 18-19: Edward Minns, aged 18, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pain in his head and knee, no appetite, pulse quick and small, skin moist, bowels torpid; put on sick list 15 May 1821, discharged 18 May 1821.

Folio 19: Richard Miles, aged 22, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, headache and sickness at stomach, pulse quick and full, pain in his head and limbs; put on sick list 16 May 1821, discharged 19 May 1821.

Folio 19: 20th May 1821; [stopped wine] the following- James Tanner, Samuel Davis, Thomas Sharble, Thomas Robinson, William Hall and Edward Minns for being extremely dirty.

Folios 20-22: Francis Angle, aged 21, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, had been fighting with another when he received a kick on the testis, the left testicle being much inflamed; put on sick list 20 May 1821, discharged 25 May 1821.

Folios 20-26: Joseph Bull, aged 22, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever, great headache and pain of his back and joints; put on sick list 20 May 1821, discharged 4 June 1821.

Folios 20-31: Friday Angle, aged 18, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, headache and inclination to vomiting and bad in his mouth, skin hot, pulse quick and small; put on sick list 21 May 1821, discharged 16 June 1821.

Folio 20: 21st May 1821; put John Williams in irons for insolence.

Folios 23-25: Benjamin Ruscoe, aged 27, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever, headache, slight pain in his back and considerable pain in his limbs; put on sick list 28 May 1821, discharged 1 June 1821.

Folio 23: 28th May 1821; I have to remark within this last week some of the convicts have complained of slight scorbutic affection, on making examination I find their gums to be rather spongy and inclined to bleed. I have paid particular attention to see that every man gets his allowance of lime juice and sugar. There is none of them to be on the sick list. Put Robert Evans in irons for fighting and making a disturbance in the prison.

Folios 23-39: William Young, aged 34, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever, hepatitis chronic, pain in his right side with affects his breathing, no pain in his shoulder nor is there any great evident enlargement of the liver; put on sick list 29 May 1821, died 21 July 1821 at 9 pm.

Folio 24: 30th May 1821; patients all better, put John Williams and James Tanner in irons for stealing and John Thompson for abusing one of the guard.

Folios 24-26: John Bailey, aged 19, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever, vomiting and pain in the head and pain in the epigastric region; put on sick list 31 May 1821, discharged 3 June 1821.

Folio 24: 31st May 1821; expended in the hospital this last month, the following comfort, 10 ¼ lbs of sugar, 1 ¼ of tea, 3 of rice, 3 ½ of [? Barley], 7 lbs of oat meal, 6 qrts of vinegar, 5 lbs of lime juice, 5 bottles of wine, 2 lbs of sago and 2 of soap.

Folio 26: 3rd June 1821; gave each man and boy one gill of wine excepting James Hudson for insolence and John Potts for not being cleaned. Find that stopping their wine is a capital plan to make them pay attention to cleanliness and has more effect than putting them in irons, patients all better.

Folios 26-28: James Thompson, aged 18, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever, headache and a quick full pulse, skin hot; put on sick list 4 June 1821, discharged 8 June 1821.

Folio 26: 4th June 1821; some of the ship’s company complained of some febrile symptoms, fumigated the prison, hospital, berth of the guard and seaman.

Folios 27-29: William Hutchins, aged 27, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, violent shooting pain in his chest which impeded his respiration very much; put on sick list 5 June 1821, discharged 9 June 1821.

Folios 27-28: William Hawkins, aged 16, boy convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever, severe pain in his head; put on sick list 5 June 1821, discharged 8 June 1821.

Folios 28-31: Joseph Riddal, aged 50, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever, shivering and pain in the lower extremities, pain in the epigastric region; put on sick list 8 June 1821, discharged 16 June 1821.

Folios 34-35: William Dean, aged 23, soldier, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pain in his left breast which affects his breathing; put on sick list 30 June 1821, discharged 3 July 1821.

Folios 34-39: Stephen Martil, aged 29, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, severe cold, cough, pain in his breast, pulse quick and full and headache; put on sick list 30 June 1821, discharged 20 July 1821.

Folio 36: 8th July 1821; Charles Wilson (boy) [wine stopped] for fighting and Isaac Lyon for being dirty, put Morgan Thomas (2nd) in irons for swearing.

Folio 37: 12th July 1821; I found on going into the prison, the place to be one continued scene of confusion, from some of the prisoners fighting, on enquiring into the issue, it was necessary to put the following men in irons- Richard Miles, James Thompson, William Hilton, John Cook and John Bailey, also Morgan Thomas (2nd) in handcuffs this man has been in irons since Sunday for swearing.

Folios 37-38: 14th July 1821; there are many of the men complaining of sore throats since we have got into the cold weather, many of them are in much want of clothing, their jackets and waistcoats being literally in pieces. Put Joseph Palmer in irons for taking rum into the prison for sold.

Folios 39-40: 22nd July 1821; at 8 am. committed the remains of William Young to the deep after having read the funeral service, distributed the clothes of the late William Young amongst the prisoners that were most in want of them.