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<p>14</p> | |||
'' | <p>and the Prisoners said they had no Surgeons nor Apothecary.<lb/> | ||
Nothing had been done to cure this<lb/> | |||
man of the distemper.</p> | |||
<p>I went into the Cabbin & asked what bread<lb/> | |||
or biscuit they had: and the Captain brought<lb/> | |||
me some good, wholesome brown biscuit. I heard<lb/> | |||
in about half an hour their bread was to be<lb/> | |||
weighed out – I waited that time & saw from<lb/> | |||
10 to 18 different messes weighed; and they<lb/> | |||
weighed about 4 Lb for a mess: (they mess<lb/> | |||
6 together.) The biscuit was brought in two sacks.<lb/> | |||
The one was all crumbs and the other was<lb/> | |||
broken one. There were many whole ones &<lb/> | |||
some three parts of ones. They took out about two<lb/> | |||
handfuls of the crumbs and the rest out of the<lb/> | |||
other. I staid by while 18 messes <add>at least</add> were weighed<lb/> | |||
out: and I <del>was</del> saw the whole biscuits were<lb/> | |||
mouldy and green on both sides. The crumbs<lb/> | |||
I could not see so distinctly: but I apprehend<lb/> | |||
them to be the same sort. I enquired where they<lb/> | |||
had that biscuit from: they told me from<lb/> | |||
Poole. I conjectured it came from New-foundland.<lb/> | |||
It appeared to be Ship-biscuit. <del>When</del></p> | |||
<p>When I was going away I said, <del>how</del><lb/> | |||
Captain, how could you tell me this was the<lb/> | |||
men's biscuit? when their's is all mouldy. He<lb/> | |||
said, it is not mouldy. I then order'd many of<lb/> | |||
them to set down their handkerchiefs. I untied<lb/> | |||
them & took it out & shew'd it to the Captain,<lb/> | |||
<add>and</add></p> | |||
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and the Prisoners said they had no Surgeons nor Apothecary.
Nothing had been done to cure this
man of the distemper.
I went into the Cabbin & asked what bread
or biscuit they had: and the Captain brought
me some good, wholesome brown biscuit. I heard
in about half an hour their bread was to be
weighed out – I waited that time & saw from
10 to 18 different messes weighed; and they
weighed about 4 Lb for a mess: (they mess
6 together.) The biscuit was brought in two sacks.
The one was all crumbs and the other was
broken one. There were many whole ones &
some three parts of ones. They took out about two
handfuls of the crumbs and the rest out of the
other. I staid by while 18 messes at least were weighed
out: and I was saw the whole biscuits were
mouldy and green on both sides. The crumbs
I could not see so distinctly: but I apprehend
them to be the same sort. I enquired where they
had that biscuit from: they told me from
Poole. I conjectured it came from New-foundland.
It appeared to be Ship-biscuit. When
When I was going away I said, how
Captain, how could you tell me this was the
men's biscuit? when their's is all mouldy. He
said, it is not mouldy. I then order'd many of
them to set down their handkerchiefs. I untied
them & took it out & shew'd it to the Captain,
and
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Identifier: | JB/119/040/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 119. |
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119 |
panopticon |
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040 |
hulks |
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002 |
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collectanea |
4 |
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recto |
f13 / f14 / f15 / f16 |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield motif]]] |
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c. hamilton |
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39551 |
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