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winter obliges them to live much upon fait meat ; yet in 
all thefe cafes they man age to correct the action of this ad- 
ditional leaven of putridity by mixture with their prepared 
vegetables, in fuch a manner as to elude its baneful effedls, 
which furnifhes me with another corroborating proof of 
the powerful antifeptic qualities of this mode of prepa- 
ration, which I 111 all particularly defcribe, and what in 
fadt is the main purpofe of this paper, in hopes thereby 
to throw fome additional light upon the new antifcor- 
butic fyftem which cannot be too well underftood, and 
in hopes that fome of the many difhes I fhall defcribe of 
a limilar nature with your four cabbage now in ufe in 
the Britifh navy, may be thought worth a place in your 
marine antifcorbutic bill of fare ; and if I am fo happy as 
to contribute to the prefervation of the lives of the gal- 
lant corps of men that enables us to plant our cabbages 
in fafety at home, I fhall think my trouble well re- 
warded. 
One of their principal articles of food, and what enters 
into the compofition of moil; of the Ruffian foups, is 
their four cabbage, which you are already fo well ac- 
quainted with, both as to the preparation and qualities of 
it, that it becomes unneceffary to do more than juft give 
it the firft place in detailing their antifcorbutic difhes, 
which it certainly merits. 
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