Near to our several Ports, there should be _Lazarettos_ built in convenient Places, on little Islands if it can so be, for the Reception both of Men and Goods, which arrive from Places suspected of _Infection_: The keeping Men in _Quarentine_ on board the Ship being not sufficient; the only Use of which is to observe whether any dye among them. For _Infection_ may be preserved so long in Cloaths, in which it is once lodged, that as much, nay more of it, if Sickness continues in the Ship, maybe brought on Shoar at the End than at the beginning of the 40 Days: Unless a new _Quarentine_ be begun every time any Person dies; which might not end, but with the Destruction of the whole Ship's Crew. If there has been any _Contagious_ Distemper in the Ship; The _Sound_ Men should leave their Cloaths; which should be burnt; the Men washed and shaved; and having fresh Cloaths, should stay in the _Lazaretto_ 30 or 40 Days. The reason of this is, because Persons may be recovered from a Disease themselves, and yet retain _Matter_ of _Infection_ about them a considerable Time; as we frequently see the _Small-Pox_ taken from those, who have several Days before passed through the Distemper. The _Sick_, if there be any, should be kept in Houses remote from the _Sound_; and some time after they are well, should also be washed and shaved, and have fresh Cloaths; whatever they wore while Sick being burnt: And then being removed to the Houses of the _Sound_, should continue there 30 or 40 days. I am particularly careful to destroy the _Cloaths_ of the Sick, because they Harbour the very _Quintessence_ of _Contagion_. A very ingenious Author[10] in his admirable Description of the _Plague_ at _Florence_ in the Year 1348, relates what himself saw: That two _Hogs_ finding in the Streets the _Rags_, which had been thrown out from off a poor Man dead of the Disease, after snuffling upon them, and tearing them with their Teeth, fell into Convulsions, and dyed in less than an Hour. If there has been no Sickness in the Ship, I see no reason why the Men should perform _Quarentine_. Instead of this, they may be washed, and their Cloaths aired in the _Lazaretto_, as Goods, for one Week. But the greatest Danger is from such _Goods_, as are apt to retain Infection, such as _Cotton_, _Hemp_ and _Flax_, _Paper_ or _Books_, _Silk_ of all sorts, _Linen_, _Wool_, _Feathers_, _Hair_, and all kinds of _Skins_. The _Lazaretto_ for these should be at a Distance from that for the Men, and they must in convenient Warehouses be unpackt, and exposed, as much as may be, to the fresh Air for 40 Days.