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quently clofe to the opening of the pumps from whence preser 



this horrid flench was communicated to the 



upper parts 



of the fhip. I was then little acquainted with naval affairs, 

 and communicated accidentally my fentiments to the Captain j. 

 he immediately fuppofed 



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the 



bilge-water to be the caufe^, 

 and explained to me the fituation of the pump- well,, and that alt 

 the moiilure of the fhip mufl be colledled in that place ; he added' 



fuch 



long 



of time at 



was no wonder if the water fhould 



the fliip had been detained fo 



Sheernefs and Plymouth, that it 



have become putrid : its depth was meafured,. and found to be a 



few inches high only, which is never thought fufHcient to make 



it worth while to pump it out; the water therefore remained, andl 



the flench, continued for fome time, till it gradually became lefs; 



offenlive : however I then recommended the ufe of fire and fumi- 



gations between decks as the befl remedies againfl this dreadful 

 flench and. the noxious effluvia of this fink. I find by my journal 



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that my advice was followed during our palTage from Madeira to 

 the Cape Verd Iflands, anterior to the 8th of Augufl, and that the 

 air was rarefied by charcoal fires, and fometimes by fetting fire ta 

 brimflone or pitchy or even to a mixture of gun-powder and vine- 



^ When, this was done, all hands were called, on. deck,. 



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