During the voyage, 199 cases had appeared from 360 men of the 88th regiment; and several cases occurred among the ship’s crew; but not a single case occurred among the artillery. This struck every one on board, very early, as remarkable; yet these men had the same provisions, drank the same water, and in every other circumstance were situated as the men of the 88th regiment, except that they were kept separate. From the outset, the artillerymen were accommodated apart, on the gun-deck, in a spot divided off for themselves. Not one of the officers, either of the artillery, 88th, or belonging to the ship, had the Guinea-worm. From the strong circumstances which in its course appeared, every officer on board was impressed with the opinion of its being contagious, and was inclined to use every precaution of prevention; from which, most probably, all escaped this filthy and severe disease. Those embarked in the Fancy, were not so fortunate; few of the men there escaped the disease. Of eight officers of the 88th, three caught it. Mr Bruce, then the assistant surgeon, was one of these: he had a worm in each leg. The Fancy was obliged to return to Bombay; most of the men were disabled by this disease; and the season was too far advanced for her getting up the Red Sea. Among the 86th regiment in the Hope, only three cases occurred; and one of the two officers of the 88th, on board, was one of them. I find, by my case-books, that in the part of the 88th regiment which continued in the Minerva, the disease appeared as follows: From the 9th to the 24th December, 6 cases on the passage to Ceylon. From the 25th Dec. to 14th Feb. 4 ditto at Ceylon, on shore. From the 15th to the 28th Feb. 39 ditto at sea, after leaving Ceylon. In March 103 ditto at sea. In April 39 ditto at sea. In May 8 ditto at sea, till landing at Kossier. ---- Total of cases 199 ---- I have purposely excluded the cases which occurred in the 88th, on board the Fancy, or among the 86th regiment.