APPENDIX. 131 



No. 9. ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES AND QUANTITY OF 

 PROVISIONS FOR A VOYAGE. 



The following is a list of the provisions, &c. which I shipped 

 for my passage, and which I calculated at eight weeks con- 

 mmption. In some vessels, where the number of passengers is 

 great, I believe the quantity is restricted. s. d. 



Biscuit 281bs. (I recommend the best). If half were 

 bread, sliced and baked dry, or toasted, and packed 

 close in a barrel, an agreeable variety - 7 



Sufficient: I had some left. I had also two 

 large sweet seed cakes, but they were not used, 

 as sweet things cannot be eaten in sea sickness. 

 A case of preserved beef, 9lbs. - 030 



Had been a voyage, or it would have been dearer, 

 [&quot;wo quart bottles of preserved soup - 3 



Olbs. of beef at 6d. and lOlbs. of pork at 9d. - 12 6 



Useful, because fresh ; but unnecessary if fowls are 

 taken, which are better. Meat nearly half left, 

 on account of continued sickness, but enough 

 if well. A few red herrings should be added, 

 lib. of tea, and lb. of coffee - -080 



For want of milk, both disagreeable and little 

 used. I had preserved a glass bottle of milk, 

 but unfortunately broke it. Cream or milk may 

 be preserved by boiling, and adding two pounds 

 of loaf sugar to a quart, and bottled. 



71bs. sugar [plenty] - -030 



Tibs, flour [hardly enough useful for fruit puddings] 016 

 5lbs. rice [very palatable in pudding I would recom 

 mend five or six pounds] - - 2 

 51bs. butter 5s., 31bs. cheese 2s. 3d. - 073 

 Mustard, pepper, salt, vinegar, ginger, nutmegs, &c. 



[necessary articles] - 1 6 



Two gallons of porter, in bottles (or cider, if more 



agreeable) - 040 



Very palatable and strengthening when sea sick 

 ness is over, with a little water, nutmeg, and 

 ginger ; but one bottle of port-wine, with half 

 or one-third of the porter, I would recommend 

 in preference. The wine is excellent in sea sick 

 ness ; and so also is beef-tea, when it can be had. 

 Bottle of brandy 5s., ditto rum 2s. 6d., but both unneces 

 sarynot palatable in sickness ; I used but little. 

 Half a bushel of apples, and a few oranges 026 



Very useful. I had no preserved lemons, or any 



fruit, but much wanted them when sea sick. 

 2 Bushels of potatoes, onions, carrots, &c., with a net . 



to boil the potatoes in - 5 



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