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 the slaves have been carried in most health, as will be seen from a calculation made on a number of ships which traded in the

Several of these vessels were altered to their present heights, at a very great expence, in consequence of an Act passed in the year 1797, for regulating the height between decks, which will not bear further elevation.

Your Lordships will therefore perceive, that every attention has not only been paid to the health of the slaves, but by the expe-