Now let us go onto Hispaniola! The ships--our health.
When it came to health it was he who had most to endure.
The gout possessed him often.

His brow knotted with pain; his voice, by nature measured and deep, a rolling music, became sharp and dry.

He moved with difficulty, now and then must stay in bed, or if on deck in a great chair which we lashed to the mast.

But now a trouble seized his eyes.

They gave him great pain; at times he could barely see.