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As foon as we had entered the trades, our 

 ports and fcuttles were beat open, and we 

 had a free circulation of air, through the ca- 

 bin, night and day. The windows w^ere 

 iikewife opened ; and, as we failed before the 

 wind, the Venetian blinds admitted the breeze, 

 while they excluded the rays of the fun. 

 From thefe means we vvere kept pleafantly 

 cool, below ; and, when upon deck, we were 

 prote6led by a canvafs awning, under which 

 we had a fliaded walk,^ ventilated by a free 

 current of air. Having feveral bathing tubs, 

 on board, we had, likev^ife, the comfort — the 

 luxury I might fay, of plunging into fea- 

 water every morning ; and, in order not to 

 meet the torrefadtion of thefe l^urning re- 

 gions, with all the rigid fibre, and ftrong 

 vafcular adion of Europe, I have adopted 

 the plan of ufing a very abftemious diet, and 

 have fubmitted to a fhort preparatory courfe 

 of medicine. My comrades fmile at the pre- 

 caution, but, alt bough do5iors may dif agree ^ 

 I fhall hope, on fome future day, to exhibit, 

 to you, the good efFeflis of this early difcl- 

 pline. Wine, 'tis faid by many, will counter^ 

 aEt the beat of the climate. Let thofe take 



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