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attacked by the dyfentery and malignant fe- 

 vers, and the number of the fick diminifhed 

 only by the death of fome of them. But at length 

 the council reflored the permillion which they 

 had revoked a few days before, and we had the 

 fatisfaction of feeing ourfelves again all affem- 

 bled in the town. 



During the firft days that we fpent at Soura- 

 baya the heat was excefli\e. I there faw with 

 aftonifhment Reaumur's thermometer rife to 

 27: but this heat was of Ihort duration; for 

 the change of rhe monfoon, Vvhich took place 

 early in November, cccafioned for a long time, 

 efpecially in the afternoon, abundant rains, 

 u hich cooled the atrnofpherc in fuch a mianncr 

 that tlie therm.ometer liood at no more than 

 from 2 '2" to 23"" in the hotteft part of the 



When I was fomewhat recovered, 1 very fre'- 

 quently made excurlions to the environs of the 

 town, and as far as my flrength would permit 

 me. I liad the pleafure of feeing my coi- 

 icdlions in natural hiftory increafe by a great 

 number of articles which I had not before 

 found. 



Moft of the ro.id.^, to a good dlilance from 

 Sourabava, were ihaded by bamboo hedges. 

 In otiicr places were large avenues of w//;//^/o/).f 

 cicfrn, <^!{ilia'idi/:a moringa, naiiclea orientaJis, hi- 



1 bifcv.s 



