August 19, 2014 Chapter 2 - [Grog] But soon his health declined, and even visits to the rumshops became too taxing for him. He was confined to his estate, where he spent his days drinking with the few friends who hadn't abandoned him. Each morning began with a bout of vomiting. His legs were so swollen that he couldn't walk. He was unable to urinate and often weak from diarrhea. The naturalist Hans Sloane described him as “lean, sallowcolored, his eyes a little yellowish and Belly jutting out or prominent.” Captain Morgan's later life goes unmentioned in the marketing material for his namesake rum. All Excerpts From Curtis, Wayne. “And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails.” THREE RIVERS PRESS, 2007. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
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