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1669] of the Island Dauphine, &c. 
the South, there’s another Promontory, nam’d the Cape 
Agulhas. We doubl’d these Capes, having all the time 
the wind astern, so strong that we cou’d only carry our 
Foresail, & indeed it took us by, at more than 60 leagues 
distance, as I have said. 
The Scurvy, or land sickness, having attack’d many of Scorfoitic 
our crew the second day of August, one of them dy’d, S Dufpri* he 
having receiv’d all the sacraments. They enwrapp’d him c “eythe ir ' 
in his Blanket; then he was carry’d on to the Deck, where Garets - 
they put some cannon shot at his feet, & sang the 
Service of the Dead for the repose of his soul; after which 
he was thrown in the Sea. They fired a gun when throw¬ 
ing him in. ’Tis the Ceremony which is perform’d when 
Soldiers or Sailors die at Sea; when Officers die they 
make more Ceremony. The next day another one dy’d, 
they did the same as before & to others who subsequently 
dy’d. 
This Land Sickness or Scurvy is a disease which often 
occurs at Sea, & particularly in the Voyages of great 
length ; they call it Land sickness because Land is the 
sole & only remedy to cure the disease. ’Tis occasion’d 
by the bad food which they take at sea : it appears by ex¬ 
crescences of flesh which come on the gums, & which rots 
them, makes the mouth & the cheeks of the sick to swell, 
renders their breath very stinking, & taints their teeth so 
much that they become loosened & unable to masticate. 
This disease also appears by pains which take place in 
the stomach, in the joints of the arms & legs, & particu¬ 
larly in the knuckles, & there come everywhere small 
marks, blue, red, and black, as small as the bites of fleas. 
Next appears inflammation, which attacks the arms, thighs, 
& legs, with large purple marks similar to bruises; it often 
causes the legs to contract so much that the heels are drawn 
up as far as the buttocks ; ’tis on this account the Dieppois 
call the disease the Garets ; it renders the limbs impotent 
