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exempts from further visitation, is without any foundation in 

 fact. The writer knows a sea captain who has followed the 

 sea for over lifty years, and suffers more or less from sea- 

 sickness every time he commences a voyage. 



It seems evident that the cause of this complaint is not 

 understood, and equally evident that no cure is known, 

 although innumerable •• sure preventives " are given with the 

 most entire confidence. These means of avoiding seasickness 

 are often taken with such absolute assurance of their success, 

 that the downfall of the victim is all the more trying when it 

 does come. After considerable opportunit}' to observe the 

 workings of the various remedies proposed. I am of the opin- 

 ion that they are all equally useless. One thing is fairly evi- 

 dent, however, and that is. that the man or woman who keeps 

 on deck and in the open air. and makes a brave fight in spite 

 of his or her distress, will recover sooner than the one who 

 gives up to the malady and takes to his berth. 



Of the twenty-one passengers on board the •• Emily E. 

 Johnson." three escaped entireh'; one had so slight an attack 

 as to be considered practically exempt; eleven were tempo- 

 rarily sick. — that is, they recovered within a week and were 

 not afterward incapacitated by seasicki\ess; and six were more 

 or less affected all of the time when the vessel was at sea. 

 Two of the latter class were so distressingly afflicted by this 

 maladv that thev were forced to leave the vessel at Key West. 



Of the four who practically escaped, three were men of 

 good constitution and robust health, and one was a lady who 

 had been in rather poor health before starting. 



Of the eleven who were temporarily sick, there were eight 

 gentlemen, all but one in rolnist health, and three ladies in 

 good health. 



Of the six who were persistently sick, there were three 

 gentlemen in good health, and three ladies, one of whom was 

 in poor health. 



In comparing the sexes, it would appear that the ladies as a 

 whole suffered somewhat more than the men, and that they 

 were more apt to be persistenlh aifected. 



