This is to be ascribed entirely to the very liberal policy of the great character at the head of affairs in India, and to the gallant general selected to command on this expedition. It was the governor-general’s order, that every convenience and comfort, that might conduce to the health of the soldier, should be most amply provided. In consequence of this, a sufficiency of tonnage, and that calculated for a warm climate, was procured. Large, lofty, and roomy, ships were fitted up, and the greatest care was taken to embark only such as were in perfect health. The transports were liberally provided with every requisite or comfort for a long voyage: the quality of the water was particularly attended to. Besides a large stock of fresh provisions, vegetables of every kind were shipped. There was a large stock of potatoes, of onions, bread-fruit, pickled vegetables, of tea, rice, and pepper, which were regularly served out to all. Besides these, for the sick there was provided a large stock of wines, of fermented liquors, and of every other comfort. To the very liberal manner in which the transports were fitted up, and to the regulations established in every transport of the fleet, which were rigorously enforced, is undoubtedly owing the very healthy state in which most corps remained, for half a year, on ship-board; and that, on landing, they were fit to march on any service. At Bombay there was, at first, a scarcity of shipping. One ship sailed thence much crouded; and, in a three-weeks passage to Ceylon, those on-board suffered much: there occurred much sickness and several deaths. On their arrival at the island of Ceylon, Mr North immediately ordered two more vessels for the troops with which this vessel (the Minerva) was crouded. The good effects of this measure struck all: thereafter, during a three-months passage to Kossier, there died not a man in the Minerva. The clothing of the Indian army conduced much, in our opinion, to their healthiness. They landed with their white cotton dresses, which were admirably adapted to the warm season in which we came to Egypt; favourable to cleanliness; and, by consequence, to the exclusion of pestilential contagion. From the time of the army first landing at Kossier, in every situation where it could be done, bathing was enjoined throughout the army. In every corps it was regularly done under the inspection of a commissioned officer, and any neglect of cleanliness was most severely punished. In any country or climate, attention to cleanliness will be found a principal means of preserving the health of troops; but, in Egypt, where contagion was lurking in every corner, it became indispensably necessary. In the cold season, and while we were in Lower Egypt, warm comfortable clothing and bedding were provided, not only for every soldier or Sepoy, but likewise for the women, children, and all the numerous followers of the army.