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that the dampness occasioned by the steam of their 
victuals, and breath, &c. condensing in their bed- 
places, from the smallness of their deck, had been 
conducive to the increase of the disease. What 
share of influence this alteration has had in pro- 
ducing the favourable change that has since taken 
place, I will not venture to assert; but I have 
pleasure in stating, that all those who were il! in 
both ships are now recovering fast; and, indeed, 
with the exception of one or two, are all quite 
well.* . 
Sunday, 9th. — Haloes and parhelia have been 
visible at different times since the beginning of this 
month ; but as none of them differed in any way 
from those that have been already described, I have 
omitted saying any thing about them. One was 
seen to-day, however, which differed very mate- 
rially from any hitherto spoken of. It first ap- 
peared at noon, and continued visible until six 
o’clock in the evening. It exhibited the greatest 
display of colours about one o’clock. — It consisted 
of one complete halo, 45° in diameter, and seg- 
ments of several other haloes; the most perfect 
of them was immediately above it, where their 
peripheries touched : the other segments were one 
on each side of the halo, not unlike parts of a 
rainbow resting on the horizon ; and two above it, 
that is, between it and the zenith. Besides these, 
there was another complete ring, of a pale white co- 
lour, which went right round the sky, parallel with 
the horizon, and at a distance from it equal to the 
* Their speedy recovery on board of us, may be attributed 
in a great measure to some mustard and cress, which Mr. Parry 
took great pains to grow in his cabin for them. 
