REPORT 



DR. GEORGE M'DIARMID, SURGEON OF THE VICTORY, 

 ON THE SICK OF THE CREW. 



The following interesting Report of the Sick on board the Victory, was intended for 

 tlie Narrative; but Dr. M'Diarmid, to whom I am now indebted for it, was unexpectedly 

 appointed to a vessel which was ordered suddenly to India, and sailed before he could 

 prepare it for publication; and he has only returned in time for its insertion in the Ap- 

 pendix. The Report may appear short, as that of so great a length of time, but it is 

 Dr. M'Diarniid's intention to give to the pubHc a fuller account than the prescribed 

 limits of this Appendix could admit of. It has always given me great pleasure to do 

 justice to his uniform zeal and attention, both as regards his profession and other duties ; 

 and it has also afforded me much gratification that his conduct has been duly appre- 

 ciated by the Lords of the Admiralty, who, having dispensed with the usual term of 

 servitude in the Royal Navy, promoted him to the rank, successively, of Assistant- 

 Surgeon and full Surgeon in his Majesty's naval service soon after his return. 



JOHN ROSS. 



