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scab had formed over the pox in all of them. From 

 that day tire scab daily increased, and the red circle 

 diminished. On the thirteenth day, the skin of 

 the red circle in all of them came off, and the edges 

 of the scabs separated. On the fifteenth and six- 

 teenth days all the scabs fell off. On the nineteenth 

 day all were quite well. 



Many of the sailors suffered so much by the heat 

 in the hold while unloading the ship, that they had 

 very severe colics. 



Ulcus syphiliticum in glande duohiis prceteritis 

 diehus comitatumidceribus frontalibus angustis semi- 

 circularibus Uchenoideis ; omnia Kydrargyro curata 

 expulsataquey etsi per longum usitato. 



CHAP. XI. 



VOYAGE FROM LU^ON TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 

 NERVOUS FEVERSi MEASLES, FLUXUS PANCREATICUS. 



Immediately after we left Manilla Bay, the heavy 

 night-dews in the neighbourhood of the high land 

 occasioned catarrhal and rheumatic fevers. 



The crossing of the line near or between the 

 East Indian islands had this time no bad effect 

 on the crew J they did not even suffer from the 

 heat, which is probably to be ascribed chiefly to 

 the fresh north wind, and the absence of calms. 

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