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the dampness of the place, but no care seems wanting
to counteract it.

The water which is withing a few feet of the Sea
is remarkably good. The provisions of all
sorts are excellent. The bread better than at
any other garrison, ^the cook is out the fort on a rock I had visited. I regretted
that there was no room for a garden. There is a
fishing schooner attached to this garrison that
supplies them with fresh fish, & fish cured &
salted. A miserable looking guard
house forms a striking constrast to a fort
distinguished for neatnesss & order, or what
expresses the whole economy. With the exception
just mentioned this [deleted]little[deleted] fort does
credit to Col. Harris & to our country
not just mas much may be attributed to a D S in allusion
The bedframes are so well painted and
exclude buggs. Should we adopt the
chrome beds steady, suck as they have in British
hospitals, we should find them cheapest in
the end.

The appearance of the men at this
post convinces me that the health and
cheerfulness of troops depend almost
entirely on old & correct of peers & good
but easy discipline; the waste of health
under new & inexperienced officers is
shocking to humanity.