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the form of foup ^ which is, in my opinion, one of the bed ah- freseti- 

 ments that can be given in long voyages, as they are full of fixed 

 air, and contain li^kevvife a conliderable portion ofphlogifton ; they 

 are liable, by the intellinal digeftive fermentation, to part with their 

 fixed air, which is on fea voyages one of the mofl neceffary articles 



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that can be found in aliment. We had the misfort 



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board the Refoltition, peafe for our provifion, that had been, I 

 fuppofe,, kiln- dried y for though they were boiled ever fo 



long. 



they 



remained whole -, 



the 



hufk. parted. 



and 



left 



the two halves of the peafe,, as hard as if they ^had only 

 been parched. The peafe on board the Adventure had not 

 this bad quality, which eife6lually prevented the eafy digeftion 

 of this excellent food : it is, however, of great confequence to take 

 aliments, which are ealily digefted on long £ea voyages, becaufe 



many 



circum fiances concur to weaken 



the 



digeflive power 



of the llomaeh and inteflines in thefc circumflances. Govern- 

 ment was ufed to allow oil to the fhip*s company for making their 

 puddings,, and for drefling their viduals in fuch manner, as the 



failors like befl. Captain Cook fays^ oil (fuch as. the navy is ufually, 



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fuppiied with) has the contrary effeSi -, i. e. is not antifcorbutic„ 

 but feptic. From the hint thrown out by this able navigator^. {% 

 ihould feem that the navy is ufually fuppiied with an oil of inferior 



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