An essay on the preservation of shipwrecked mariners

by A. Fothergill

AND MEDICAL ASSISTANTS,

THIS ESSAY,

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY THEIR VERY OBEDIENT,

AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

LONDON, March 19, 1799.

At a special Meeting of the Directors of

THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY;

Several of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House being present; the Prize Essays, on preserving Mariners from Shipwreck, were read; when the following RESOLUTIONS passed unanimously: