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lations of the recruiting fervice ; and alfo,that 

 multitudes of them had beenfick on the paf- 

 fage from Cork to Barbadoes, confequently 

 many (of thofe now ill) are only fufferingfrom 

 a relapfe of former difeafe. 



It is worthy of remark that, although 

 upon the paffage, not a morning had paffed 

 without a confiderable number being reported 

 for the fick-lift, we had not one new patient 

 the day it was intended to make the landing ; 

 but, on the contrary, the lift of the preceding 

 day was diminifhed. The fpirit of attack 

 feemed to operate as a fpecific remedy. Many 

 actually recovered, and were allowed to join 

 their companies. Others ftole off, without re- 

 porting themfelves, fearful the dodors (hould 

 not allow that they were well enough to be re- 

 ported efficient : and others, far too weak to 

 bear arms, feebly crawled from under the 

 awning of the quarter-deck, which had been 

 converted into a fick ward for their accommo- 

 dation, and begged of me to permit them to 

 go on fliore to join their comrades in the battle. 

 The idea of going into a&ion proved a more 

 falutary ftimulus than could be found in the 

 whole of the London or Edinburgh Pharma- 



