8$ HISTORY OF 



were now on the sick list. On the 28th, the 

 Neptune and Scarborough anchored off Garden 

 Island, and the next morning entered the Cove. 

 Great fears had been entertained that these vessels 

 would increase the sick list, and these fears were 

 realized, for the next day at noon, 200 sick were 

 landed from the transports. On the West side 

 was a shocking scene; above 30 tents were 

 pitched before the hospital, and all the huts 

 in the neighbourhood were filled with sick; 

 many died, being brought on shore, and the 

 appearance of those not on the sick list, was 

 emaciated ; this, and the illness of the others, 

 was occasioned by the way in which they were 

 brought over, some in irons singly, and some 

 linked together. A plan had been detected for 

 a mutiny to take the Scarborough, and this 

 was the cause of much circumspection ; for the 

 future, few were suffered to be on deck at once, 

 so that the want of air increased diseases shock- 

 ing of themselves, and some on board the 

 Neptune died in irons. Profit to the owners 

 was all that seemed to be considered aboard 

 these vessels. New bread was made and deli- 

 vered daily to the sick, and wine, vegetables, 

 &c. were given them, indeed no means of 

 decreasing the sick list was neglected. The 

 detachment of the New South Wales Corps was 

 disembarked, and they took possession of the 

 quarters allotted them in the marine barracks. 

 The total of sick, on the 30th of June, was 34?9. 

 By the 7th of July, the portable hospital, 

 brought over in the Justinian, was got up and 

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