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He relates that in consequence of drinking Samshoo, a liquor prepared 

 from rice, which in excess produces a fierce, maniacal intoxication, the 

 crew of the Superior mutinied, and, in the absence of the captain, en- 

 deavored to kill the officers and take possession of the ship. Officers of 

 other vessels lying near, immediately joined in the conflict. Some of the 

 crew were knocked down and others stabhed. Eight of the ringleaders 

 were put in irons, and fed on bread and water for ten days ; and under 

 such treatment became as subordinate as they always had been. 



He gives account of an accident to himself which might have been 

 serious, as follows : 



"I went on board a ship where they kept a Spanish bloodhound. He 

 was tied before I went on deck ; but while sitting in conversation with 

 some of my friends, he broke loose and sneaking alongside leaped into 

 my face. The damage I sustained was a wound through the left lower 

 eyelid, a deep cut on the temple, and one under my shoulder, together 

 with a very black and inflamed eye, from all of which, I am happy to 

 inform you, I have recovered. The dog is the most savage of his species. 

 I escaped very well considering . He has injured others more seriously." 



Referring to mosquitoes, he says : "I sleep under a net which lets the 

 air circulate, but keeps out every kind of insect. You will be pleased to 

 see it. I think the plan so ingenious and good that it will be adopted by 

 many of our friends." 



A plain implication from the Doctor's remark is that the mosquito net 

 was a novelty to him in 1819, and not known in the neighborhood of his 

 native place. Are we indebted to the Chinese for this invention ? 



The party finally left Canton for Whampoa, Nov. 22. The ship had 

 been moved below the common anchorage when they reached her about 

 noon. She arrived at Lintin on the 23d, and there found the U. S. frigate 

 Congress, Capt. John D. Henley, said to have been the first American 

 man-of-war to visit China. She anchored here Nov. 3, with many of the 

 crew suffering from dysentery, ascribed to the water taken on board at 

 Angier. Her presence aroused the suspicion of the Chinese authorities 

 that it meant no good, and therefore they would not allow provisions to 

 be furnished to her from Canton. The Superior brought several barrels 

 of bread for her use, and other American merchantmen conveyed to her 

 barrels of beef and pork. 



On the 26th Nov. the Superior sailed from Lintin homeward bound. 



On Saturday, Jan. 16, 1820, then in the Indian ocean, she was boarded 

 from a Patriot privateer, said to be two months out from Buenos Ayres. 

 She was armed with sixteen guns and had a crew of two hundred men. 



Dr. Emerson, in his journal, says : " We first discovered her on Friday 

 morning, about three miles off our starboard quarter, standing on the 

 same course. The wind was light and unfavorable ; a high head-swell 

 further impeded our progress. Towards night the strange sail had gained 

 upon us. We thought she showed a desire to speak. Every precaution 

 seemed to have been taken to disguise her real character, by carrying 



FROC. AMEK. PHILOS. SOC. XXIX. 135. I. PRINTED JUNE 8, 1891. 



