/ 



H 



U 



M 



A 



N 



S 



P 



E 



C 



I 



E 



S 



came to Tahc 



refloratlves and greens ; yet as foon as we 



durft not venture to eat any of the common fruits of the 



they PRESER 



as bread-fru 



coco-nuts. 



d bananas 



their pains y but having 



country, 

 becaufe they renewed 



VATION 

 OF MARI- 

 NERS. 



laft 



tured to eat , the ii 



ppl 



of 



this country, {Spoiidias) which have a peculiar kind of tartnefs 

 joined to an agreeable fweetnefs much approaching to the tafte of 

 pine-apples ; they foon felt the falutary effeds of this mofl excel- 

 lent fruit, and were in a few "days perfedly reflored. 



I 



The fea-fcurvy did not make fuch ravages on board 



fr? 



our 



/hip 



as 



might h 



been 



peded 



/ 



on 



rated before and the ufe of the 



of the regulations enume 

 t prophyladics and 



re me 



dies, 

 fpok 



which were freely adminiftered, and of which we have 

 I very fully. ■ ' 



The 'venereal difeafe was very freq 



among our 



Ihips 



company, fo that fometimes thirty or forty perfons were at 



once 



nfedted 



th 



but the vigilance and fkill of Mr. Patton always prevented 



:, and from leaving -any 



difeafe from rifmg to any great heigh 



4 



* 



dangerous effeds, I cannot conclude this article without men 



-t 



tioning 



L 



r 



I have lately learnt from a letter written 



D 



Hensler, Phyfi 



1 



to the King of Denmark, to a friend of 



mine, who kindly communicated 



to me, that he has 



colleded many very old hiftorical fa<fts from Chronicles and Records, 

 by which it appears beyond a poiTibility of doubt, that this evil 



4N 



was 



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