These tire Statements do not agree, I cannot understand them.
He also states, "Meats of the Chimore refiered the lime juice, those that did partake of it were protected from Scurvy and also the other diseases I experienced."
"The food on board was not of excellent quality, the pork had too much fat, for Europeans at any rate."
"The beef was good at reasonable rates with the exception of the last cask which when opened was black but not otherwise bad."
"The fish was good and not very salty; the first two lots of fish sent on board were condemned and sent on shore." This seems to show that great care was observed at the provisioning store in examining the provisions, and implies that there was no landing of any articles that had been passed as bad.
This witness goes on to give his opinion that the illness was not due to the provisions, as the Chinese and his own crews had precisely the same food.
This bears out the opinion of the Acting Emigration Officer regarding the different effects of a salt meat diet on constitutions used or unused to that kind of living;
and when this is taken in conjunction with the fact...