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ton; where, though I am convinced the 
air is inferior to that of Caftle-Dowart in 
Mull ; yet, as great care was taken bothof 
his diet and medicines, he paffled no more 
worms, his gripes only feized him at 
ftool, whither he went much more fel2om 
than formerly; what he pzffed now ap- 
peared to be mucus mixed with pus and | 
ftreaks of blood. Very fmall dofes of 
ipecacuan, vz. eight grains three times a 
day, were then adminitred to him every 
third day; but, though they relieved by 
operating both up and down, yet they 
fickened him fo much, that I was obliged 
to fubftitute a bolus of calomel over 
night, and a purging ptifan next morn- 
ing, in their place. The difeafe, how- 
ever, did not yield; and, when the regi- 
ment was ordered to march for Berwick 
upon Tweed, he was put aboard the veffel 
that carried our baggage. This was a 
hardy ftep, confidering his weaknefs, and 
‘the length and danger of the voyage; but 
he could not be carried with his com- 
rades over the Black mountain; and he 
defired to die any where, rather than re- 
main 
