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voyage, were furnished by Government with 
a suit of warm clothes, and a wolf-skin blan- 
ket, gratis. 
The means of preserving the health of the 
crews were also well attended to; for besides 
the salt provisions being of a good quality, 
and recently cured, there was a large quantity 
of Messrs. Donkin and Hall’s preserved meats 
and soups supplied. Antiscorbutics, of dif- 
ferent kinds, were also provided, such as 
lemon-juice, sour-crout, essence of spruce, 
and essence of malt and hops; and, in case of 
our meeting with Indians or Esquimaux that 
could supply us with provisions, or any thing 
else that might be useful, Government sent 
with us a considerable quantity of toys, and 
other articles, to barter for whatever they 
‘might have to interchange. These articles 
consisted of jackets and trowsers of coarse 
cloth, shirts, brass-kettles, knives, forks, and 
spoons, looking-glasses, glass-beads of various 
colours, and other matters, either for use or 
ornament. In fact, every thing had been 
provided that was deemed likely to be of use 
in forwarding the object of the Expedition, 
and in making those who were employed on 
it as comfortable as the nature of the service 
would admit. 
