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fhould be given up to the purpofes of the hof- 

 pital, and that a houfe near to it fhould be ap- 

 propriated to the ufe of the medical officers. 

 Thus have we the fatisfadion of feeing the fick, 

 and the whole of the department, very conve- 

 nientlyaccommodated — thepatientsbeinglodg- 

 ed in a fpacious and well aired building ; and 

 their attendants having commodious quarters 

 immediately near to them, with convenient of- 

 fices, and, what is of confequence in 'this cli- 

 mate, a large ciflern for water adjoining — the 

 whole pofleffing the further advantage of 

 being feparated from all other buildings, and 

 {landing within a fquare of ground of confider- 

 able extent, enclofed with private gates in 

 front, and a deep ditch or canal on every 

 fide. 



Here are we Rationed, as a diftincl: de- 

 partment, quiet, and fecluded — free from the 

 noife and hurry both of the town and the fort, 

 and nearly equidiftant from the one and the 

 other. The public road, from the fort to the 

 town, paffes clofe by the gates ; and within lefs 

 than a hundred yards from the road is the fea, 

 or rather the opening of the river, fo that the 

 fick are brought to us conveniently on either 



