229 



be relieved from the ftaff of the Charibbee 

 Iflands. 



. Inftead of my being permitted to proceed 

 with the General to head quarters, it is found 

 requifite that the detachment of the hofpital 

 ftaff, ferving here, fhould be augmented. I 

 have made out a return of the medical efta- 

 blifhment, which feems neceffary for thefe co- 

 lonies, and ftill hope that we may foon be re- 

 lieved, and allowed to proceed to our original 

 deftination : but I begin to have fome apprehen- 

 fions left the many uncertainties, which befet 

 us, fhould prevent me from following my 

 friends and my baggage, and I feel a ftrong 

 regret that I was prevailed upon to leave the 

 latter behind me. 



In confequence of the fick-lift becoming 

 numerous, and the hofpital being deprived of 

 the fervices of poor Carroi, who, though a con- 

 valefcent from his late attack, is unfit for du- 

 ty in this climate, and has obtained leave to 

 return to England, we are compelled to employ 

 the medical officers of the regiments in the du- 

 ties of the general hofpital. 



