Folio 16: 28 August 1817; Punished Charles Hughes with 5 dozen lashes, for having...

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1817

Folio 16: 28 August 1817; Punished Charles Hughes with 5 dozen lashes, for having been seen with the axe and having taken it from deck and secreted it [see folio 15, 27 August 1817]. This evening he delivered it up, and hoped that none of his fellow prisoners would be punished for it. Punished William Elliot, with 6 dozen lashes (another of the convicts confined in the small prison) for being heard to say that he should like to cut the Captain of the Larkins throat and using very seditious and mutinous language, in order to rouse and stimulate his fellow prisoners to acts of violence.

Folio 17: 29 August 1817; Thermometer in the prison 800.

Folio 17: 30 August 1817; Having observed some symptoms of scurvy among them attended with hard and livid tumours on their extremities owing no doubt to their sea victualling and the constant pressure from their irons on their legs also greatly aggravate these complaints by not admitting of a free circulation of the blood, want of proper exercise and the inability in some measure and the want of inclination in others to proper cleanliness. The vinegar which is supplied the ship for sprinkling and washing the decks, I look upon is rather a slovenly and even an ambiguous plan of health as it certainly will cause damp and wet where it is applied and as swabbing it up to dryness is never used –a mouldiness and bad smell will supervene. I recommend therefore it to be served out as an article of comfort to be used with their salt provisions, for which they are very thankful and devour with great eagerness.

Folio 17: George Thomas, convict, aged 19; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Taken ill, 17 December 1818. Discharged 15 January 1819.

Folios 17-25: George Thomas; disease or hurt, epistaxis, headaches and general symptoms of pyrexia. Taken ill, 31 August 1817. Discharged 16 October 1817.

Folio 18: 1 September 1817: Heavy gusts of wind with showers of rain, being now off the coast of Africa, near to Sierra Leone.

Folios 18-25: John Thomson; disease or hurt, slight fever with costive bowels. Taken ill, 1 September 1817. Discharged 16 October 1817.

Folio 18: 2 September 1817: 6 patients in hospital.

Folio 18: 4 September 1817: 5 patients in hospital.

Folios 18-24: Charles Booth (2); disease or hurt, slight fever. Taken ill, 6 September 1817. Discharged cured 9 October 1817.

Folios 18-24: Christopher Farcett; disease or hurt, diarrhea (treated with a dose of rhubarb). Taken ill, 6 September 1817. Discharged cured 7 October 1817.

Folio 18: 7 September 1817: Water gruel and preserved meat broth are given the patients in order to assist the operation of their purgative medicines.

Folios 19-20: James Warrington, young seaman of the ship ; disease or hurt, severly afflicted with enteritis or inflammation of his bowels attended with considerable fever Taken ill, 9 September 1817. Died 11 September 1817 all the symptoms of gangrene has taken place previous to his death.

Folio 19: 10 September 1817: The pipes leading to the privies being in general out of order recourse is had to throwing bucketfuls of water down them daily. All other convalescents are doing well.

Folio 20: 11 September 1817: The other 4 patients are doing well.

Folio 20: 14 September 1817: crossed the Equator about 6pm with a fine breeze from the south, south east. Ship going 7 knots per hour.

Folio 20: 15 September 1817: all the forenoon the seamen of the ship performed the ceremony of Neptune and his wife Amphitrite coming on board when a ship crossed the line at the Equator. Of opinion that vinegar is no bad auxiliary to the citric acid or lemon juice if not at least in eradicating scurvy, at least in preventing it.

Folio 20: 17 September 1817: all the prisoners on deck to attend the punishment of John Dunn, convict, with 3 dozen lashes for assaulting John Thomson another convict and tearing his shirt. Let blood of John Freeman and William Hagar who complains of severe headache and fever. Extracted a tooth from John Smith, convict. None of patients in bed except George Thomas.

Folios 21-25: William Winnie; disease or hurt, slight fever. Taken ill, 19 September 1817. Discharged cured 13 October 1817.

Folio 22: 24 September 1817; this day crossed the Tropic of Capricorn being only 10 days passage from the Equator.

Folios 22-27: Angus McDonald, convict; disease or hurt, was let blood freely, having complained of headaches and some feverish symptoms. Taken ill, 26 September 1817. Discharged cured 24 October 1817.

Folio 22: 26 September 1817; William Clarke, convict, let blood also having been for some days afflicted with pains in his breast and sides with giddiness and loss of appetite. Extracted a tooth from John Savier, convict.

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