Mr. Perry continues: 

“Cold bathing was encouraged and enforced by example.  The allowance of Salt Beef and Pork was abridged from nearly the beginning of the voyage, and the usual custom of the sailors mixing the Salt Beef fat with the flour was strictly forbidden.  Salt Butter and Cheese was stopped on leaving England, and throughout the voyage Raisins were issued in place of the Salt Suet; in addition to the Malt, wild Celery was collected in Tierra del Fuego, and, every morning, breakfast was made from this herb, ground wheat and portable soup.”

Of the personal cleanliness of the crew, which Cook looked upon as of the first importance, Marra says (when writing of the Resolution’s voyage) he was very particular: 

“never suffering any to appear dirty before him, in so much that when other Commanders came on board, they could not help declaring they thought every day Sunday on board of Captain Cook.”

He inspected the men at least once a week, and saw they had changed their clothing and were dry; the bedding was dried and aired when occasion offered, and the whole ship was stove-dried; special attention being paid to the well, into which an iron pot containing a fire was lowered.

Fresh water was obtained when possible, for Cook remarks, “nothing contributes more to the health of seamen than having plenty of water.”  He was provided with a condenser, but it was too small and unsatisfactory, and he looked upon it as “a useful invention, but only calculated to provide enough to preserve life without health.”  He attributed the losses on the Adventure to Furneaux’s desire to save his men labour, and neglecting to avail himself of every opportunity of obtaining fresh water.  Cook throughout the voyage was never short of water; Furneaux was on two or three occasions.

Dr. McBride advised the use of fresh wort made from malt as an anti-scorbutic, and the Endeavour was ordered to give it a thorough trial.  Fresh ground malt was treated with boiling water and allowed to stand, then the liquid was boiled with dried fruit or biscuit into a panada, and the patient had one or two meals with a quart or more of the liquid per diem.  This treatment was favourably reported on, but, at the same time, so many other precautions were taken that it was not possible to say which was the most successful.  Banks, who was threatened, tried the wort, but thinking it affected his throat, substituted a weak punch of lemon juice and brandy, which had satisfactory results.  After a time the malt, though dry and sweet, had lost much strength, so as strong a wort was made as possible, and ground wheat boiled with it for breakfast, “a very pleasant mess which the people were very fond of,” and Cook “had great reason to think that the people received much benefit from it.”

Sour Kraute.

Cook set great store on the Sour Kraute, and says: