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mangoes, cut green from the stone and dried in the 

 sun, (plumbs and apples would correspond ^a little 

 tamarind, and that great antiscorbutic, salted limes^ 

 lemons or oranges ; of which (the lime particularly) 

 the lascars carry always a stock to sea ; a few oun- 

 ces of cayan pepper, (capsicum would correspond ;) 

 and last of all, an emulsion, made by pouring hot wa- 

 ter over a ripe cocoa nut rasped down ; this emulsion, 

 though grateful to the taste, is bad for the stomach 

 raw, but when boiled, a little is exceeding well fla- 

 voured, and antietorbutic ; the rasped cocoa nut, well 

 squeezed, is generally thrown >to the fowls. A stew 

 made in the above manner, varying the ingredients, 

 Avas served twice a-day, and was exceeding good, ne- 

 ver too salt ; for I apprehend, the roots and vege- 

 tables, in digesting, farther extracted the salt from 

 the meat, and the whole expenc'c for the Europeans, 

 was much lefs than when I bought European provi- 

 sions, and they were better pleased. The stew was 

 served with a ladle, and ate with rice, calling it curry. 

 A sailor on board of a man of war has on meat 

 days, a piece of salt beef or pork, boiled for dinner ; 

 pofsibly it is all ate up at one meal ; if any remains 

 for next day's breakfast, how uncomfortable is the 

 cold scrap I Breakfast in all countries, but especial- 

 ly in hot countries, ought to be a very comfortable 

 meal. For the many years I have sailed in India, I 

 never let any body go on duty, if there was the least 

 chance of their being froai the ftiip after eight 

 o'clock, but they breakfasted first ; and the cooks 

 were often up by day-liglit to drefs » hot breakfast 

 for such as went early on iiiore : If exposed to the 



