Q2 Post14

Along the way to the Cape of Good Hope, most of the sick men from Batavia start to get better, but do not recover 100 percent. Most of the crew has time off when not attending to the sick or doing other little necessary chores aboard the ship. Nich and his companion (Francis) that helped him slip aboard Endeavour spend a few times teaching Francis how to read and write. He has been coming along slowly, but keeps learning and gets ever more excited the more he is able to read. Later on into the Indian Ocean though, Endeavour comes upon a monsoon storm which has the healthy portion of the crew working hard to keep all the sails from tearing and to keep Endeavour afloat and the sick even more sick from all the swaying. Other than a few days of a setback through the storm, Nich and Tarheto (since Tupia died in Batavia) spend a bit of time together. Only one problem, Tarheto is starting to become a little homesick of Taihiti and longs to see breadfruit trees and palm trees.