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I have mentioned above, that our 
failcrs brought a fmall bag of flour 
with 
<l tujhtach. Here the fcurvy began to fpread amongft 
Ci them; but it was happily cured, by a decoc- 
" tion of buds of cedar, which there grows like 
" ftirubs; and, according to the cuftoin of that 
Ci country, by frozen nih eaten raw. By thefe 
<e means, feconded by continual motion and labour, 
" the major part of the crew continued healthy, 
" and the lick recovered." 
The recovery of the fick may perhaps be attri- 
buted folely to the conftant motion in which they 
kept themfelves, and to the balfam contained in 
the cedar-buds, which properly is a kind of tur- 
pentine, and is uied as fuch for purifying the blood. 
It is however evident, from the paflage above 
quoted, that the inhabitants of thofe countries eat 
raw frozen fifh as a fpecific remedy for the fcurvy ; 
and this is what I meant to obferve. 
The above-mentioned Counfellor Miller, in 
pages 205, 206, alio fpeaks of exercife, and the 
warm blood of raindeer, as beneficial in fcorbutic 
cafes. ** In this particular," fays he, " the 
16 Ruffians about Archangel fliould be imitated; 
<c fome of whom, almofl every year, winter in 
fi Nova Zemla, without ever contracting the fcurvy. 
" They follow the example of the SamojedeSy by 
" frequently drinking the warm blood of raindeer 
" juft 
