Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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        has given her some cooling medicine [and]
        ordered the 'tween decks to be sprinkled
        with chloride of lime.36


        Saturday 23rd When stripping for
5      bed last night I got very sick [and]
        vomited a good deal. Today I feel
        a little better, the ship still rolls
        but we have a nice breeze of
        wind and sailing at the rate of
10    eight knots an hour. There is a
        very heavy sea running however, I
        still lye on the sofa. I was on
        deck for an hour today but lay
        all the while. Oh Eliza, I would
15    give anything for a few raisons , or
        figs or if I had allowed you to
        bake a gingerbread cake for me.
        I have got lots of nice apples
        with me but as there is acid
20    in them I dare not to take them.37
        Before you leave, think on any
        dainty you wo[ul]d like and be if you
        were sick [and] be sure to take it
   
   

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