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beginning of the voyage, on our arrival in Brazil, 

 his usual time for being let blood was come. Both 

 his arms, in the elbow-joints, were blue from 

 extravasated blood, and his whole body was re- 

 laxed. Instead of being let blood, he took some 

 cooling medicine, and the arms were rubbed a few 

 times a day with Spirit. Mindereriy and in two days 

 all the symptoms vanished. These fits returned 

 twice, at intervals of half a year, but they were 

 very slight. After that there were only times 

 when he did not seem to be quite well ; he was 

 pale in the face for a few days, but did not com- 

 plain of any sickness. 



On the voyage to the north, from the hot climate 

 of the coral islands, the consequent sudden change 

 of the temperature, caused, in many, violent and 

 continued head-aches, with pains in the stomach. - 



A wave, which in a storm, broke our bow- 

 sprit, broke at the same time the leg of a sailor, 

 Peter Prishimoff, just at the calf. I mention this 

 circumstance here, only on account of the difficulty 

 of the dressing, and of setting the bone, which was 

 greatly impeded by the rolhng of the ship, as the 

 storm continued twenty-four hours after the acci- 

 dent. It was not till the third day that the leg 

 could be laid in splints, and then only by the 

 considerate care of Captain Von Kotzebue, who 

 steered another course during the dressing, that 

 the ship might be more steady. Every violent 

 motion of the ship gave the patient pain, espe- 



