It was found, on the 29th of July, that the crew of the Adventure were in a sickly state.

Her cook was dead, and about twenty of her best men were rendered incapable of duty by the scurvy and flux.

At this time, no more than three men were on the sick list on board the Resolution; and only one of these was attacked with the scurvy.

Some others, however, began to discover the symptoms of it; and, accordingly, recourse was had to wort, marmalade of carrots, and the rob of lemons and oranges, with the usual success.
Captain Cook could not account for the prevalence of the scurvy being so much greater in the Adventure than in the Resolution, unless it was owing to the crew of the former being more scorbutic when they arrived in New Zealand than the crew of the latter, and to their eating few or no vegetables while they lay in Queen Charlotte's Sound.

This arose partly from their want of knowing the right sorts, and partly from the dislike which seamen have to the introduction of a new diet.