6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



accordingly the Admiral allowed them to make 

 the voyage. 



As 1 had already been a few voyages, I ima- 

 gined, that I had acquired a fufficient habit 

 of a fca life, to be no longer incommoded by the 

 motion of the fhip ; but this habit had long been 

 loft ; and indeed I was fea-fick, during the firft 

 three days after our leaving Breft. I had fe- 

 veral times occafion to remark in the Courfe 

 of the voyage which I have recently made, that 

 it was neceflary for me to remain only a little 

 while on fhore, to lofc the habit of the fea ; fo 

 that whenever we failed again, even after a very 

 fhort flay in port, 1 was for two or three days 

 almoft as much indifpofed as on my departure 

 from Breft. Seamen, in this cafe, recommend 

 eating, notwithftanding the ditguft occafionecj 

 by the naufea peculiar to this kind of affection. 

 It is not eafy to coincide in that opinion ; for, 

 betides a great difficulty of deglutition, the lodg- 

 ment of aliments in the ftomach increafes the 

 naufea; it is an additional evil, when a pcrfon is 

 obliged to bring them up again. 



Diluting drinks, taken in a fmall quantity 

 at a time, in order to aflift the contractile powers 

 6f tin: ftomach, afforded me conftant relief; 

 lukewarm water, (lightly fweetcned, was the 

 (Jritft Vn generally made ufe, be- 



caufe 



