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Lady Huntingdon has been pleased to communi¬
cate your present views to me & to ask some questions
relating to them which I shall have answer as well as I can.
From any views I have had of your constitution or the ailments
you have been liable to I am well perswaded that you may not
only bear but also be the better for a sea Voyage. I am
even {illeg} (↑satisfied↑) that this may be the case through any diversity of
Climate as the air in open seas is never in the extream ↑either↑ of heat
or cold. But tho you may bear a Voyage in general I cannot
warrant you against the Scurvy, often the effect of any length
of voyage & you must by no means engage in this without ↑taking↑ every
pr{illeg} (↑ecaution↑) that can be proposed to obviate that effect. The pre¬
cautions are chiefly the avoiding salt provisions by laying in as
much live stock as possible, every kind of vegetables that can
be preserved & a good stock of bear & wine. ↑Tho'↑ Your Stomach should
not bear much vegetable aliment ashore it may do very well
at sea & a person that takes much of it that can afford a

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little wine every day & keeps free from cold & wet will
avoid Scurvy even in a long voyage. In short with a little pre¬
caution I think you will be in no danger from the voyage
but that of drowning. With regard to what may happen after
your voyage I find it more difficult to determine. I think it
very probable you may bear a warme climate well & even be
mended of some of the ailments you have been liable to; in
short if you ↑are quite at Liberty to live as you please if you↑ do live in a proper manner & escape infectious
diseases, I should have little fear. But if you are to be exposed
to a great deal of fatigue & to the vicissitudes of weather to Scor¬
ching noons & damp evenings I ↑shall↑ think a person at your time
of life & somewhat broken by ailments in a great deal of
danger. Under your former complaints I thought it necessary
for you to take a solid diet & a great deal of strong drink
but I think such a regimen very dangerous (↑hazardous↑) in a warm clima↑te↑
& upon occasion of your present s↑c↑heme I was glad to hear
that your Stomach can now bear a very different managem↑ent↑.
I own it is much in your favours & removes an objection
I should otherwise have offered but I must still say that if
the Circumstances you are to be in shall engage you in

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very free living it will very much increase your danger
in a warm climate. I have thus suggested every consideration
that it becomes ↑me↑ to offer on this occasion. You may have
many others to ballance with them & can judge better than
I how far circumstances may or may not be as I suppose.
I wish heartily you may be determined to what is best &
am

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J. M. Esqr.
1765

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Lady Huntingdon has been pleased to com¬
municate some your present Views to me & to ask some
questions relating to them ↑to↑ which I shall here give you
an answer as well as I can. From any views I have
had of your Constitution or the ailments you have been
liable to I am well perswaded that you may not only bear
but also be the better for a Sea Voyage. I am even satis¬
fied that this may be the Case thro any diversity of Cli¬
mate as the sea Air in open Seas is never in the extream
either of heat or Cold. But tho you may bear a Voyage
in general I cannot warrant you against the scur↑v↑y often
the effect of long (↑any length of↑) Voyage & you must by no means en¬
gage in this without taking every precaution that can
be proposed to obviate that effect. They precautions are
chiefly the avoiding Salt Provisions by laying in as [much]
live stock as possible, every kind of Vegetables that can
be preserved & a good stock of Beer & Wine. ↑Tho'↑ Your Stomach
should not bear much Vegetable Aliment ashore it may
do it very well at Sea & a person that takes much of it
& avoids cold that can afford to take a little Wine every day

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& keeps free from Cold & Wet will avoid scur↑v↑y even in
a long voyage. In short with a little precaution I
think you will be in ↑no↑ danger from the voyage but that
of drowning. With regard to what may happen
after your Voyage I find it more difficult to determine.
I think it very probable you may bear a warm climate
very well & ↓in short↓ ↑& be even mended of some of the ailments you have been liable to↑ if you are quite at Liberty to live as you
please if you do live in a certain (↓proper↓) manner ↑& escape infectious diseases I should have little fear↑. But if
you are to be exposed to ↑a↑ great deal of fatigue & to the
vicissitudes of weather to Scorching Evenings (↑Noons↑) & damp
evenings I shall think a person at your time of life &
somewhat broken by ailments in a great deal of danger
Under your former Complaints I thought it necessary
for you to take a solid diet & a great deal of strong Drink
[but] I think such a regimen very hazardous in a warm
climate & upon occasion of your present scheme I was
glad to hear that your Stomach can ↑now↑ bear a very different
management. I own it is much in your favours & removes
an objection I should otherwise have offered but I must still
say that if the Circumstances you are to be in shall engage ↑yourself↑
to free living it will very much increase the (↑your↑) danger I have

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in a warm climate. I have thus suggested every con¬
sideration that I think can affect it becomes me to offer
on this occasion. You may have many others to ballance
with them & can judge better than I how far the Circum¬
stances may or may not be as I suppose. I wish heartily
you may be determined to what is best & am