Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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with you. Do not take anything where there is acid, such as apples, oranges [and] the like.38 Mr Cunningham has two or three one lb(?) cakes 5 of Strathoven gingerbread,39 and he gave me once or twice a little bit for wh[ic]h I felt very grateful. He is very warm hearted. The only thing I take as a dainty is a 10 piece of the sailor's bread, wh[ic]h is very sweet.40 One fellow says “you ought to take a lilne pill.”41 I'll think about it, says I. An- other says “they are dangerous at 15 sea - take a calomile.”42 What's the difference between the two, says I. He can't tell, [and] another suggests “a dose of salts.”43 Gawwon, says I, pocketing all the advice 20 but acting on none. No Eliza, the better way is to allow nature take her course. I have not been accustomed to sea travelling [End of Page 17]
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