Her board, and their bed, all about them 

 foon grows filthy and offenfive: pieces of 

 broken food — floppings of broth, or grog, bits 

 of meat, old bones, crumbs of btfcuit, and 

 various other kinds of filth colled! under them, 

 and about their clothing; and, from the great 

 heat of climate, and ftill more unpleafant heat 

 of crowd, this dirty commixture foon becomes 

 four and [fetid ; and would, in a fhort time, 

 generate difeafe, were not fome rigid rules of 

 cleanlinefs ftri&ly enforced. 



Befides thofe who fleep upon the open 

 deck above, there is another crowd in a more 

 confined fituation between decks. Obferving 

 this place to be very clofe, and not fufficiently 

 ventilated, I have recommended that the men 

 fhould be divided into three watches, and that 

 two of the three divifions fhould be kept con- 

 ftantly upon the open deck, relieving thofe 

 below every four hours. Likewife as a fur- 

 ther means of prevention I have advifed that 

 all the men fhould bathe every morning, while 

 the decks are thoroughly wafhed and cleaned. 

 Fortunately I am fupported in this by the 

 approbation of Colonel Tilfon, who is exceed- 



