In military Expeditions, Soldiers are put upon Ships Allowance; which, Dr. _Lind_ very justly observes, ought not, in Voyages to the warm Climates, be made up so much of salted Beef and salted Pork (which always tend to the Putrescent), as is the common Practice of the Navy; but that a greater Share of Biscuit, Flour, Oatmeal, Goarts, Rice, and other Stores of that Kind, ought to be laid in; and a greater Proportion of them, and a Less of the salted Meat, distributed among the Men: And he is certainly in the Right, when he says, that a full Animal Diet, and tenacious Malt Liquors, are well adapted to the Constitution of our own, and of other northern Climates; and that Sailors who visit the _Greenland_ Seas, and are remarkable for a voracious Appetite, and a strong Digestion of hard salted Meat, and the coarsest Fare, when sent to the _West Indies_, soon become sensible of a Decay of Appetite, and find a full gross salted Diet pernicious to Health. “Instinct (he says) has taught the Natives between the Tropics to live chiefly on a Vegetable Diet, of Grains, Roots, and subacid Fruits, with Plenty of diluting Liquors[128].” [128] The following is the Diet established for the Seamen of his Majesty’s Navy. Every Man is allowed a Pound of Biscuit, _Averdupoiz Weight_, and a Gallon of Beer, _Wine Measure_, _per_ Day. On _Sunday_ and _Thursday_, one Pound of Pork, and Half a Pint of Peas, _Winchester Measure_. On _Monday_, _Wednesday_, and _Friday_, one Pint of Oatmeal, two Ounces of Butter, and four Ounces of Cheese. On _Tuesday_ and _Saturday_ two Pounds of Beef. It is left to the Commanders of Squadrons to shorten the aforesaid Allowance of Provisions according to the Exigence of the Service, taking Care that the Men be punctually paid for the same. As it is thought for the Benefit of the Service to alter some of the foregoing Particulars of Provisions in Ships employed on foreign Voyages, it is to be observed, that A Pint of Wine, or Half a Pint of Rum, Arrack, or Brandy, hold Proportion to a Gallon of Beer. Four Pounds of Flour, or three Pounds of the same with a Pound of Raisins, Half a Pound of Currans, or Half a Pound of Beef Suet pickled, are equal to a four Pound Piece of Beef, or two Pound Piece of Pork with Peas. Half a Pound of Rice is equal to a Pint of Oatmeal. A Pint of Olive Oil is equal to a Pound of Butter, or two Pounds of _Cheshire_ Cheese. And Two-thirds of a Pound of _Cheshire_ Cheese is equal to a Pound of _Suffolk_. If Soldiers are sent as Passengers on board of King’s Ships, or on board of Transports, their Allowance is generally but Two-thirds of the above.