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my sailmaker, John Brien, followed ; and on the 

 morning of the 210th, our supercargo, Mr. Jordan, 

 expired. I thought at the time that Dr. Briggs 

 had died also ; as, while he was endeavouring to 

 revive Mr. Jordan, he swooned and remained 

 insensible for a long time. In the evening of 

 the 20th, Mr. Swinton also died : — he was a most 

 respectable man, and filled the situation of car- 

 penter ; he was a native of Grangemouth, and 

 having been a resident many years in the Indian 

 Archipelago, thought that no climate could affect 

 him. A few hours after his death, Mr. Millar, 

 our chief engineer, a young man of high promise 

 and respectable connexions in the South of 

 Scotland, followed him. 



On the 211st November, we lost William 

 Ramm, the steward ; William Parry, an appren- 

 tice ; and Gardner, a seaman. On the 22tnd, these 

 were followed by William Ellison, the second 

 mate, and a fine lad about sixteen years old 

 whom Captain Harries had picked up and adopt- 

 ed in Dublin : his name was George , 



and I believe he was respectably connected, and 

 entitled to some property when of age. The 

 23rd of November was a day of respite ; but on 

 the 24th, Hugh Cosnahan, a seaman, died, and 



