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well as into other parts of the ship. they are an excellent con- 
trivance ; but are not adequate tothe evil.* 
“ Chloride of lime has been found a most useful agent in such 
cases, and | have little doubt, would succeed in ships. I wonder 
the experiment has never been made. It is not an expensive ar- 
ticle; it is portable as lime itself; it may be procured at the 
manufactories at home, or be easily made abroad, and for all 
purposes of convenience, is equal to the simple lime, the article 
now universally empioyed. Allow me to refer to an article, by 
Professor Silliman, on the properties of this agent.” |—Vol. II. 
pp. 120—2. 
We would add by way of confirmation, of what Mr. Jones 
has stated, that in our opinion the chloride of lime, in large 
quantities, ought to be a regular part of the outfit of every 
ship, and especially of every man’of war. It stands unri- 
valled among those agents that counteract morbid tenden- 
cies, and that correct the smell and destroy the power of 
three quarts of water, it will remove every foul odor an ar- 
rest contagious influence, if occasionally sprinkled about the 
apartment and even on the patient, and it is found to be very 
effectual in curing many diseases, The navy board, we pre- 
sume, will'not permit so important an article to be any longer 
omitted in the fitting out of our ships of war, and our mer- 
very responsible men, and of course, ought to possess high 
qualifications: the following portraits are from our author, 
Vol. I. p. 40. 
* Capt. Elliott, on his late return from the Brazil station, I am informed, 
paged leathern hose te the bottom of the hold: a pump was attached to the 
upper part of this, and the foul air pumped out. It is said to have had an ex- 
cellent effect. ; 
+ See the Journal of Science, for October, 1826, and for April, 1829. 
