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[pre]ference to others.
The dreadful mortalities which have in several instances, taken place among the Convicts, on board transports going to New South Wales, must proceed chiefly from a want of attention to cleanliness both in the persons of the Convicts and in the ship herself, for in every instance where proper precautions were taken no such mortality has taken place.
The convicts in general, being equally indolent and careless, as well as unused to a ship will in many instances be found so negligent that Security is some times necessary to prevent their becoming the most disgusting objects from vermin and dirt. In passing through the warm latitudes in particular the most rigid attention to cleanliness can
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