164 ADVENTURES IN THE NORTHERN SEAS. 



cal ^Esculapius doubtless looked upon it also as a 

 mild aperient, or some other beneficial drug ; prob- 

 ably he was keeping it in reserve, in case a perse- 

 verance in the chloride of lime treatment did not 

 ultimately succeed. I at once put a stop to hi- 

 homicidal proceedings, and administered to the two 

 patients "Duae pil. caL et op. haust. cap.," follow- 

 ed, after four hours' interval, by two Seidlitz pow- 

 ders. I could not by any means make out what 

 was the matter with the two men, although I must 

 own I had some slight suspicions of incipient scur- 

 vy, and I was not aware whether, in prescribing as 

 above, I might not be acting with as great a viola- 

 tion of professional custom as Isaac with the chlo- 

 ride of lime ; but, except the drugs from the Ham- 

 merfest apothek, whose Norwegian names and looks 

 quite puzzled me, I had no medicines but the pills 

 and Seidlitz powders, and to them I should unhes- 

 itatingly have had recourse if any thing had been 

 the matter with myself. 



We saw Solomon sitting on the windlass shortly 

 after having taken his two pills and two powders. 

 His face was a perfect study for an artist, and indi- 

 cated any thing but confidence in my medical treat- 

 ment; I am afraid that it even betrayed a slight 

 suspicion that I had poisoned him, in revenge for 

 his losing the big bull-walrus whose escape I have 

 before narrated. 



hth. We are still in the same place where we 

 parted from the "Ginevra," as we can make no 



