A Letter to the Commissioners for Transports, and Sick and Wounded Seamen; On the Non-Contagious Nature of the Yellow Fever (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1818 Excerpt: ... ' of nature's happiest moods," and was in the possession of the Biafara nation, who were expelled by. the Bijugas. There were no stagnant waters, nor marshes, discovered by Mr. Beaver; and, from being surrounded by the sea- it enjoys the regular sea breeze. The thermometer throughout the year, attains in the shade, the same medium temperature as in the West India Islands; and, when exposed by Mr. Beaver to the direct and reflected rays of the sun, on the 16th of January 1793, it rose in twenty minutes from 91 to 135. The following extracts are numbered, with a view to facility in reference, as they will be followed by such remarks as have sprung from an attentive consideration of this subject. (No. 1 ) "On the 1 Uh of April, "1792, the following vessels got under African Memoranda. "weigh for the colonization of Bulam. Men Women Children "Hankey 65 24 31 "Calypso 83 33 33 "ar'si-5 0 1 Benison ) 153 57 65 Total 275. "The Calypso made Goree on the "12th of May, 1792. "The Hankey made the islands of "Bissao, Areas, and Bulam, the 5th of "June." (No.2.) "2nd of July. Commenced "working on shore, and changing the "cargoes and persons of the ships, "which occupied until the evening of "thelS.' (No. 3.) "19th July. Colonists re "maining after the sailing of the Ca "lypsothis day, 86; 48 men, 13 women, "25 children, besides 4 seamen and a "boy in the cutter." c 2 (No. 4.) "10th August. Mr. Beaver "ill, with fever. "On the 17th. Supposed to be "dying." (No. 5.) "10th August. The Cap"tain of the Hankey being unable to "procure some stone ballast, began "cutting wood for that purpose." (No. 6.) " 18th September. The "Ship's company still employed in "cutting wood for ballast." (No. 7.) ISth September. The Co"lonists engaged in clearing ground, "building block-...