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[[preprinted]] March. SATURDAY, 31. 1860. [[/preprinted]] [[preprinted]] April, SUNDAY, 1. [[/preprinted]] [[preprinted]] MONDAY, 2. [[/preprinted]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] APRIL, TUESDAY, 3. 1860. [[/preprinted]] Expedition of 1850 Allowed 6 lbs. bread per man per week. Appearance of the scurvy in 4 1/2 months in the Felix. We learned that the [[strikethrough]] scurvy [[/strikethrough]] scale of victualling was very generous on board the Felix & that a very large proportion of preserved potatoes were in daily use now it came to be a most important question: Did scurvy really appear among persons using preserved potatoes? If it did, then the tuber loses its valuable anti-scurbative properties in the process by which it is preserved. I believe the crew of the "Felix" used then [[underlined]] ad libitum [[/underlined]] for upwards of two months previous to the appearance of that disease [[vertical left margin]] Voyage to Baffin Bay & Barrow Straits Aston Library [[encircled]] 417 [[/encircled]] Vol 1 Peter C Sutherland