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bod)', and particularly on the arms : thcfe infil- 

 trations generally preceded thofe of the lower 

 extremities. 



It is remarkable that thcfe patients had not 

 their fkin covered with thofe fpots which are 

 called fcorbutic blotches ; the fcurvy, in hot 

 countries, penetrating with rapidity the cellular 

 tiiTue of a lympathic humour, which fcarccly 

 changes the colour of the fkin. 



I alio obferved, that although fait meat is 

 one of the principal caufes of the fcurvy among 

 feamen, yet we had on board two of the fhip'* 

 company, who were violently attacked by it, 

 without having eaten any : one of thcfe worked 

 in the hold ; and the noxious air which is there 

 inhaled, together with the great humidity of that 

 part of the fhip, is likewife a powerful caufe of 

 this diforder. 



We made fomc ft retches, which brought us 

 fufficicntly near to the weft extremity of Am- 

 boyna, to allow us to enter the roadftead during 

 the night. We kept along the eaft coafl, at the 

 diflancc of a kilometer, taking for our guide the 

 plan of it, publifhcd by Valentine. 



As loon as we had got beyond Portuguefe Bay, 



we brought to, in order to wait for daylight, 



that we might be enabled to difcovcr the place 



where c intended to anchor. 



. The Efperancc had not been able to get to 



i windward 



