APR. 1769 SCURVY AND LEMON JUICE 71 
days, will have pressed the cabbage into a much smaller 
compass. After this, fill up the cask with more cabbage, as 
before directed, and head it up. 
NV.B.—The cabbage should be gathered in dry weather, 
some time after sunrise, so that the dew may not be upon it. 
Halves of cabbages are better for keeping than single leaves. 
10th. Weather very hazy and thick: about nine it cleared 
up a little, and showed us Osnaburg Island, discovered by 
the Dolphin in her last voyage. About one o'clock land 
was seen ahead in the direction of George’s Land; it was, 
however, so faint that very few could see it. 
11th. Up at five this morning to examine a shark 
caught yesterday evening: it proves to be a blue shark 
(Squalus glaucus). To-day we caught two more, which were 
the common gray shark (Squalus carcharias), on one of 
which were some sucking-fish (Echeneis remora). The sea- 
men tell us that the blue shark is the worst of all to eat; 
indeed, its smell is abominably strong, so as we have two of 
the better sort it was hove overboard. 
As I am now on the brink of going ashore after a long 
passage, thank God, in as good health as man can be, I shall 
fill a little paper in describing the means which I have taken 
to prevent the scurvy in particular. 
The ship was supplied by the Admiralty with sour-crout, 
of which I eat constantly, till our salted cabbage was opened, 
which I preferred: as a pleasant substitute, wort was served 
out almost constantly, and of this I drank a pint or more 
every evening, but all this did not check the distemper so 
entirely as to prevent my feeling some small effect of it. 
About a fortnight ago my gums swelled, and some small 
pimples rose on the inside of my mouth, which threatened 
to become ulcers; I then flew to the lemon juice, which had 
been put up for me according to Dr. Hulme’s method, 
described in his book, and in his letter, which is inserted 
here Every kind of liquor which I used was made sour 
1 To J. Banks, Esq., Burlington Street.—Sir—The vessels containing the 
orange and lemon juice, sent by Dr. Fothergill, were to be marked, that 
you might know their contents; but lest in the hurry of sending them that 
