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Cloathing them which is that an Escape can hardly be made as their Dress will be so much remarked it is intended to be Green.
No person shall be suffered to be on Board any Ship under my Care without the Uniform of a Convict and that not only their Jackett but every part of their Dress not excepting their Shoes shall bear some Mark of their Situation that all persons Knowing that will be able to detect any one should an Escape be made. The following Ration is that which is intended the Convicts is to be fed on which is better calculated for their Healths than that which they are now provided with. The Broth in which the meat is Boiled shall be heated the next Morning and thickned with their Oatmeal and Pease for their Breakfast on those Days set apart as Banyan Days. In this mode I let them have the whole Ox fair thro' at