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wliicli does not leave him altogether for several days ; 

 if the latter effect is produced, all the symptoms of 

 violent insanity appear, and the madman does not 

 rest until he has had a quarrel. Hence it was called 

 "fighting toddie ;" and one who has once indulged 

 in it shuns it afterwards, on the principle that a 

 burned child dreads the fire. 



The Anise is a cok)rless liquid, with a smok}^, fiery 

 taste, and has the same effect as other spirituous 

 drinks. Neither of these liquors could be procured 

 in the town when we first came ashore, whereupon 

 some of us congratulated ourselves on the prospect 

 of a temperate and sociable day ; but part of our 

 crew, determined to have a spree, by the offer of half 

 a dozen whale's teeth, induced a native to cross the 

 country in quest of it. The hesitation of the people 

 in furnishing it, evidently proceeded from a perfect 

 knowledge of its effect upon seamen when ashore, 

 and indulging in it ad libitum. 



The rajah of the town and his clerk visited the 

 ship one morning. The rajah's dress and air were 

 anything but kingl3^ He was a man of advanced age, 

 and at home would have passed muster as a respectable 

 looking mulatto ; but he had little to say, not under- 

 standing our language — his clerk, Tonga, interpreting 

 for our captain and he. The harbor duties were paid 

 in powder, with the addition of an old musket, and 

 the provisions in whale's teeth. 



The coast is considered unhealthy by the natives 

 themselves ; the rajah's clerk expressing himself 

 anxious to get away into the interior, saying that ho 

 was fearful of being sick. The utmost care was taken 

 by us to prevent sickness. !N"one of our crew were 



