326 AN ACCOUNT Olr 



CHAP. V. 



\'X>YAGE FROM KAMTSCHATKA TO BBEKIKg's STRAITS, AND 

 THENCE TO OONALASHKA. 



CATARRHS. 



Af'i;er we had letl Avatscha Bay, and got a 

 little distance from land, the fog, which at this 

 season almost always prevails near shore, did not 

 fail to manifest its unwholesome influence. At 

 first it produced only coughs and colds ; but these 

 were afterwards accompanied with hoarseness, and 

 pain in the epiglottis. Slight catarrhal fevers, and 

 St. Anthony's fire, also occurred. It was the new 

 people whom we took with us from Kamtschatka 

 that were chiefly affected with coughs and 

 hoarseness. Many of them, too, complained of 

 pains in the diaphragm, which increased on 

 drawing breath sharply. In the course of the 

 voyage we had frequent opportunities of observing 

 this disorder in new people, who came on board, 

 and who had never before served as sailors. This 

 sensation might be considered as a symptom of 

 Peripneumonia catarrhalis, if a fever took place at 

 the same time ; but 1 think I have observed that 

 it proceeds from the unusual exertion of pulling 

 the ropes, as they often hang upon them, holding 

 by the hands, by which the muscles of the breast, 



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