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tli.it his brother is engaged in a work which promises 

 to be so useful to mankind." 



On the 8th of December he again writes to Dr 

 (Jautiishoke : " The wind still keeps westerly, and 

 gives me another opportunity of writing to you. The 

 General and Admiral are embarked, and we shall sail 

 with the first change of wind. 



" On the 6th current, I received a polite and friend- 

 ly letter from Dr John Crawford, giving me a 

 sketch of his intended publication, and some practical 

 hints for regimen, and the cure of diseases in warm 

 climates. I beg you to return him my best thanks for 

 the pains he has taken ; and say that I shall adopt his 

 ideas, as far as circumstances will admit. I am aware 

 that the quantity of animal food and fermented li- 

 quors, ought to be diminished as Europeans approach 

 the tropics. In an hospital ship, or even in a gene- 

 ral hospital, our numbers are fluctuating, and the sick 

 are dieted on what is called the full, middle, and low 

 regimen. Previous to our embarking, a medical board 

 settled the diet of soldiers in health, when in the 

 West Indies, by regulations, of which we have printed 

 copies on board. The plan is very good. 



" Since we first embarked at Southampton, I have 

 not been once on shore. I could not with propriety 

 leave the ship, as we have many bad cases constantly 

 sent to us from the fleet. There is no sick-berth al- 

 lotted to soldiers on board of transports, as in ships 

 of war, nor the same able practitioners to treat them, 

 in the beginning of fevers. The truth is, they have 

 been obliged to take any that offered, and young lads 



