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torn, and two fide rails* fitted together with 

 wooden pins, and fo contrived as to be con- 

 veniently taken to pieces, and packed in a por- 

 table form, in cafe we fhould at any time wifli 

 to remove them. They wilt be made of maho- 

 gany, a wood which is fo plentiful in thefe 

 colonies as to be employed for every common 

 life. A piece of ftrong canvafs, ftretched from 

 fide to fide, will form the bedding j a head- 

 board will Aide into grooves in the two upper 

 poftsj and the fide-rails will move up and down 

 in an opening cut through them, and be faf- 

 tened with pins, fo as to be at any time raifed 

 or lowered at the head, without difturbing the 

 patient. When thefe are finifhed, I hope to 

 fee a very complete hofpital, and the unfor- 

 tunate fick will at leaft have the comfort of 

 being well lodged. Each will have his, ma* 

 bogany bed-ftead to himfelf, and men with 

 different maladies will not be crowded together 

 in filthy boxes, nor fhut up from the refrefh- 

 ing air. 



The 93d Regiment is entrufted with the 

 prote&ion and defence of this colony ; and I 

 find the officers* mefs one of the pleafanteft I 

 have yet met with. In gratitude I ought to 



