Thomas Wallace Knox: Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian,Chinese, and Tartar Life
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Finlanders were not attacked with scurvy
The sailors on the corvette were robust and powerful fellows, with
appetites to frighten a hotel keeper. Russian sailors from the
interior of the empire are very liable to scurvy. Those from Finland
are the best for long voyages. Captain Lund once told me the
experience of a Russian expedition of five ships upon a long cruise.
One ship was manned by Finlanders, and the others carried sailors from
the interior. The Finlanders were not attacked with scurvy, but the
rest suffered severely.
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