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Whitelock, and feveral other active and Intel- 

 ligent military officers being on board, no fuf- 

 picion can be entertained of any of the rules 

 of cleanlinefs or regularity having been ne- 

 glected among the troops. 



To me it has always appeared unwife to 

 employ any fhip as a tranfport, in which the 

 men are obliged to fleep upon two different 

 decks, both crowded, and the one below 

 the other; and, from prefent appearances, 

 this expedition promifes to confirm the opi- 

 nion, 



Where from three hundred to five hun- 

 dred men, in addition to the fhip's company, 

 have to make a pafTage in the fame veffel, 

 they cannot but be crowded ; and if the 

 weather mould chance to be bad, it will be 

 impoffible to have the lower deck kept fo 

 clean, and well ventilated, as is requifite ; and 

 hence from many of the foldiers becoming 

 fick ; from their taking food in their fleeping 

 births ; and crowding themfelves with knap- 

 facks, blankets, and other baggage ; and from 

 multitudes breathing together, in a clofe and 

 confined place, the air rauft, very quickly, be 

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