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before her return home, the ship lost only one man, and 

 he died of the effects of a blow on the head. The crew of 

 the other vessel, the Hound, were permitted to visit the 

 shore only in the day time, although no other restriction 

 seems to have been laid on them. Of these, not one died 

 of fever. 



Another equally remarkable case is given by Lind. In 

 1766, some French Protestants settled in a paludal part 

 of Florida, where finally most of them perished. On 

 some business, they were visited by eight gentlemen, more 

 healthfully seated at a considerable distance, who spent 

 one night there. On the following day, seven other per- 

 sons from the same place, paid them a visit; but left their 

 district before night-fall. Of the first party, every one 

 was attacked with intermittent fever, and two died ; while 

 of the other party, not one individual suffered in the 

 slightest degree. 



The judicious Dr. Hunter, of Jamaica, relates cases of 

 nocturnal damage of the same character. In one instance, 

 out of sixty or seventy men sent ashore to water, not an 

 individual escaped fever, while the rest of the crew eji- 

 joyed good health. 



Doctor James Johnson, in treating of this subject, re- 

 marks that, while cruising or at anchor between Batavia 

 and Malacca, his crew lost but one man by fever, who had 

 not spent the night ashore; whereas, almost every one 

 who slept even a single night at Edam, died. No ill 

 effects were experienced from going on shore in the day 

 time. Even being awake during the night when on land, 

 did not protect the seamen from danger * 



Tratter (Med. Naut. i. 456), says, when speaking of 



* I do not find this remark endorsed by any other writer, but my elo- 

 quent friend, Prof. Dickson, confirmed it to me in a recent conversation on 

 the subject. 



