A Loathsome Cargo.
The largest number of passengers ever carried in a sailing ship is claimed by the British barque Douglas, which arrived at Philadelphia from Montevideo; although at the same time it must be admitted that the passengers were not at all of the desirable class. ( At Montevideo the barque took on board a cargo of bones, which were' not properly cleansed. They bred loathsome bugs, which drove the crew nearly crazy with disgust. The ship was alive with these crawling torments. They crept into. ■ the eyes and ears of everyone on boards Although swept off, washed away aadi stifled with burned sulphur, they swarmedS again in undiminished numbers. Eve» in* port, after weeks of effort, barrels of bugs were taken out of ttfe hold anal the decks. , were covered with' them. ' The sailors saidi, that of all the terrors of the sea, this was the* worst they, had ever encountered, and their ■ gaunt figures, 1 drawn faces, and discoloured.; skin proved that bheir sufferings niusli tiaro* been intense. - '" <v ' '' •
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 378, 19 June 1889, Page 4
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171A Loathsome Cargo. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 378, 19 June 1889, Page 4
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