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2. The hold of any compartment, suspected of being unwhole- 
some, is as soon as possible afterwards to be completely cleared 
out, and thoroughly dried and ventilated, and its state afterwards 
noted in the log-book, when the names of any articles are to be 
mentioned, which may be considered to have caused the unwhole- 
someness. 
3. The surgeon is also to draw up a particular report upon 
such occasions, a copy of which report is to be forwarded 
to me. 
VII. — 1. To avoid as much as possible any unnecessary 
exposure to the night air, the wliite crew are all to sleep below, 
when on the coast or up the river, and are on no account to be 
permitted to lie about the upper deck. 
2. The Kroomen alone ore to sleep on deck, to whom every 
facility should be given to protect them from the rain. It 
might be advisable when practicable, to fit up a canoe or boat, 
moored alongside, or astern of the ship for the accommodation of 
the Kroomen, when the vessels are at anchor, and much crowded 
on deck. 
3. As few white men as the performance of the duty will 
admit of are to remain on deck during the night, particularly 
when rain or much dew is falling. 
Those who are obliged to be on deck on duty, will be supplied 
when in unhealthy localities with respirators, and a fire is then 
to be kept all night in the cook-house for their benefit. 
VIII. — As the hottest hours of the day are comprehended 
between eleven and three o'clock, the white men should be ex- 
posed to the sun as little as possible during that period. 
IX. — 1. Exposure onshore in Africa to the morning and even- 
ing dews, and the night air having proved even more prejudicial to 
health than the intense action of the sun’s rays, no w'hite person 
belonging to the Expedition, after arrival on the coast, is to be on 
shore between sunset and an hour after sunrise, unless with my 
permission, or that of the senior officer present, who is not to 
grant it, imless when duties are unattainable at other times, and 
care must be taken by the respective commanding officers, that 
the unavoidable exposure of white men on shore at night be 
reduced to the least possible amount. 
2. The above precautions are considered necessary on the 
