[99] The 38th Foot remained in the West Indies for nearly sixty years, 1716-1765. The 40th Foot was continuously on foreign service from 1717-1763. The 13th Foot went to Gibraltar in 1710 and remained there twenty-eight years; the 9th served at Gibraltar and Minorca from 1718-1746; the 17th from 1723-1748; the 18th from 1718-1742. Instances might be multiplied.
[100] Parl. Hist., 27th January 1742.
[101] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 1729.
[102] Inoculation was, of course, already in practice, but as yet confined only to the wealthier classes.
[103] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 23rd September 1720, 18th December 1739.
[104] Ibid., 8th January 1729, 31st July 1731 (Minorca).
[105] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 4th October 1720, 14th December 1726.
[106] Miscellaneous Orders (Guards and Garrisons), 2nd April 1735 (Minorca).
[107] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 1729.
[108] See e.g. ibid., 22nd February 1728, 20th September 1742.