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Sicknefs, I am forry to remark, Is already- 

 appearing among us. The hofpitals are full 5 

 and fome of the troops are obliged to quit 

 their barracks, in order that thefe may, alfo, 

 be converted into fick wards. But do not 

 imagine that we are already fullering from 

 difeafe of climate. It is not fo. The malady^ 

 which now exifts, has been brought with the 

 troops. It is the common hofpital or {hip 

 fever — is the confequence of the foldiers being 

 long detained in crowded {hips, and has no- 

 thing to do with La Maladie du Pays. 



The {hips of the Cork divifion, notwith- 

 {landing their quick pafTage, arrive in a very 

 unhealthy ftate, but in thefe the troops muft 

 have been fickly when they embarked, or 

 before they left the harbour ; and, from the 

 fpecimen we have in the Abergavenny and 

 Hindoftan, we have nothing favorable to ex- 

 pert from the feeming accommodation of 

 employing thefe large veffels as troop £hips, 

 In none of the tranfports have we, yet, found 

 the men more unhealthy : but, from the 

 habits of cleanlinefs, commonly obferved on 

 board the Eaft India {hips, and, more efpe- 

 cially, from that excellent officer General 



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