Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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        and by the rolling of the vessel the
        bile turns uppermost and then the
        stomach digests discharges or rather
        ejects it. I think it would be
5      wrong to stop it from coming. I'll
        soon get better [and] when I will be
        so I'll be better than if I had
        emptied the medicine chest in
        to my stomach. I got a dozen
10    of Seidlitz powders44 from Donald
        Campbell but have not taken
        any. The Captain along with Messrs.
        Sharpley [and] Cunningham have fin-
        shed them.
15    Sunday 24th This is the first Sab-
        bath I ever spent at sea, [and]
        it is a pretty stormy one. I
        read a great many chapters
        of the Proverbs and other parts
20    of the Bible and a good
        many of the Psalms in metre.
        I also read about two sermons.
        I spent the time very comfortably
   
   
   

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