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THE 



PRESER- 

 VATION 



OF MARI- 

 NERS. 



Inilead of oil it is undoubtedly preferable to allow {omQ fugar to 

 people intended to go on long voyages, according to the opinion 

 of Capt. Cook.* Sugar is one of* thofe vegetable fubftances. 



which 



an acid of phofpho 



and 



flammabl 



nrinciple ; and which on account of the juft and proper proportion 

 of the acid and phlogifton in its mixture, ferments in general 

 more eafily, yields more freely a vinous fermentation, and when 

 mixed with other fubflances which are not in actual fermentation, 

 it fooner communicates a fermentation to them, than any other 

 known vegetable fubftance. This quality no doubt makes fugar 



ufe will greatly 



contribute to 



L 

 / 



one of the befl antifeptics, and its 



rectify the putrefcence of the fait food eaten on board a fhip, and 



.prevent the fcurvy from breaking out. 



The ufe offweet-wofty or the infufion of malt, ground in a coarfe 



h 



h 



manner into groats or grits, is at prefcnt fo generally 



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be 



V 



the beft 



pro 



againft the fcurvy, that it would be fuper- 

 fiuous to recommend its utility ; fince Dr. Macbride, Sir John 

 Pringle and Captain Cook have put this matter entirely out of 

 doubt. The wort was prepared by infufmg two or three pints of 



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boiling water on one pint of good malt, ground in a coarfe manner ; 



the infulion was Icep 



warm pi 



the fire of the galley, 



and 



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? -Giipt. CooK^s Voyages towards the South Pole, «nd round the world, vol, il. p. 290. 



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