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three invalids, where the steward and a boy of 

 the brig had speedily recovered. When Captain 

 Mitchell was taken ill, he felt a great wish to be 

 landed there ; and a temporary house was built of 

 bamboo, and covered over with mats, and he was 

 conveyed ashore. I remained with him three 

 days and nights, during which time it was an 

 utter impossibility for me to obtain any rest 

 from the attacks of the musquitoes. Three 

 nights successively I walked the beach, the moon 

 being nearly at the full : although I was little 

 disposed to do so, I could not help admiring 

 the delightful calmness around. I treated Cap- 

 tain Mitchell in the usual way, but the calomel 

 had no effect. About the fifth day of being 

 ashore, he felt anxious to be conveyed on board 

 again, and was at times quite insane. When I 

 found that the calomel took no effect upon the 

 system, I felt assured he would not recover ; for 

 in several cases where it had failed, death had 

 most surely taken place in a very few days. As 

 we were conveying him on board, a brig and two 

 schooners were seen off the bar with American 

 colours flying : the Captain of the brig after- 

 wards came on board, and stated he was bound 

 here for palm-oil. Captain Mitchell lingered 



