287
informs
me
that he
considers Chinese passengers the easiest managed of
any.
Coolies that are sent.
to the West Indies are
on
board
generally put ships against their with,
A
theives
great number are out of the jails, and these combine and try to take vessel; the Officers
every
and
crews are
afraid to
venture down between the
sects to enforce the regulations, the result is
that the deck is like
a
common Sewer from filth
and
and dirt, which is the cause
of all the sickness and deaths on board Coolie Ships going within the Tropics. The "Leonidas" 697 Tons, Andrew, Master, brought 299 passen.
gers
and was 58.
days
on
the Passage . The sickness
was
cases
confined to one or two
of
which
cutaneous diseases,
treated by
the
were treated Master, the chinese doctor
apparently not being much relied on. The passengers behaved well .. The "Carntyne Tous, Sparke Marter. brought 419 Passengers and was 56 days
940
on
the
passage