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On this day we put to sea. It seemed to us 

 cruel to leave the patient behind, as he had before 

 been quite happy on hearing that he was to return 

 with us to his native country ; and if we left him, 

 regret at the disappointment of his hopes might 

 have a very injurious effect on him. Another rea- 

 son for taking him with us was, that there was no 

 physician in the country. 



On this, and the three following days, the pain 

 in the belly did not abate ; the patient could not 

 retain either meat or drink on his stomach ; was 

 weak, and began to speak confusedly : all these 

 were symptoms of inflammation in the bowels, 

 which was confirmed by his death, that took place 

 suddenly, early on the morning of the 5th. 



At the commencement of the monsoon, on the 

 voyage to the Sandwich islands, the weather being 

 rainy, and the wind variable, a sailor was seized 

 with a shivering fit, which continued fourteen hours, 

 after which he recovered. As the fit seized him 

 in the night, I had given him only twice Spiritus 

 menth. sat. 



