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CURE FOR SEA-SICKNESS. 



of canvass, we hope to reach Madeira within 

 ten days. The wind is fair, and the swell 

 diminishes as we leave the bay of Biscay 

 behind us. 



One word more about sea-sickness. Half the 

 world who are not sick, try to persuade the other 

 half that eating is the best thing to cure it. 

 This is an absurd fallacy. Sea-sickness pro- 

 duces a still weaker state of the stomach than 

 that which causes it ; for strong stomachs are 

 never very sick ; and to give double work to 

 the digestive organs, when they are unfit to 

 work at all, is only making matters worse. 

 Two days restriction to tea and toast alone, 

 will, I am confident, pave the way to conva- 

 lescence. Further indulgence may be per- 

 mitted when the appetite is quite restored; 

 but not before. 



Monday, 4th. — The weather continues 



