ABSTRACT
On the japan, the first call on James Brown's professional skills came on January 9, 18 3 5, three weeks after departure. An outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea had affected all the crew "except those belonging to the Cabin." The cause was easily ascribed to polluted water in the scuttlebutt, from which the seamen drank, but the cure was more of a puzzle. In the end he gave them all a glass of rum, suggested that the water in the butt should be changed, and left the rest to nature.
