. The May-flower and her log, July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 : chiefly from original sources . nd crew of the May-Flower, so ably and §>icfenffi(0 202 The May-Flower ^ Her Log ^icfenefifii interestingly presented by Dr. Edward E. Cornwall in theNew England Magazine for February, 1897. From the fact that William Thompson, Jasper More, andMaster James Chilton died within a month of the arrival atCape Cod (and while the ship lay in that harbor), and follow-ing the axiom of vital statistics that for each death two areconstantly sick, there must have been some little (thoughnot to say general) sickne
. The May-flower and her log, July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 : chiefly from original sources . nd crew of the May-Flower, so ably and §>icfenffi(0 202 The May-Flower ^ Her Log ^icfenefifii interestingly presented by Dr. Edward E. Cornwall in theNew England Magazine for February, 1897. From the fact that William Thompson, Jasper More, andMaster James Chilton died within a month of the arrival atCape Cod (and while the ship lay in that harbor), and follow-ing the axiom of vital statistics that for each death two areconstantly sick, there must have been some little (thoughnot to say general) sickness on the May-Flower when shearrived at Cape Cod. It would, in view of the hardship ofthe voyage, have been very remarkable if this had not beenthe case. It would have been still more remarkable if theill-conditioned, thin-blooded, town-bred servants and ap-prentices had not suffered first and most. It is significantthat eight out of nine of the male servants should havedied in the first four months. It was impossible that scurvyshould not have been prevalent with both passengers and.
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