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I understood from the Interpreter, that the cause of the disturbance

from the promised amount

arose

of advance in money not having

been paid - On 3rd of March ive 3 sprit

__ sailed, and fortified the after part of the Ship to Keep the Emigrants

we had been many

under - Before

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>

days at sea, the deaths became For the Deathion

very frequent, and the sickness increased very much. The sickness arose from the loss of their opium,

the OFZ is

mithouty a

Abse

do not ruallet-

Itead option of

and some were so disposed when Incorrect for they came on board - Some of the the

that stepects of Surgata invideres

ir...

Emigrants had a little spium with me the

them - the Roctor used all he had

envel

voyages I know of but me mend that

مه

could have

dejanted to

Aad mary

She diseases.

Several times during our papage Thy te

down the China Seas the Emigrants

overe very troublesome - some slipped

Steverbevere picked

board during the night, and

night, and ning the

were not mised till the next.

morning - those that went overboard

during

the

excepting

day were all saved

one man - By the time

we arrived at St Helena, more than 100 had perished - We remained there I days, took in fresh provisions, water vegetables, and the Medicine chess was I helseve replenished - it was not short of anything before, I Know _. Upwards of 80

as far

OLD

Fever deaths died, between St Helena and

now larger

muf Hawanah; but the remainder

suicides and

tcause of the

most determine. harecter -

in a better state of health,

appeared in

few committed suicide_

Seamist state and very few

Manutees -

-Serving

to refer to When we arrived at Havannah

" we land 8 days in quarantino, there were two deaths, daring this period, and the bodies were 56 buries