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REMARKS 



O N 



THE 



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Captain was of opinion, that he had eaten the fame kind of fiOi 



VATION 



3F MARI 



NERS. 



laft 



voyag 



on 



the 



ft of New Holland 



d this was 



fufEcient to quiet our apprehen 



Whilft we were at 



\ 



fupper, the fervant fhewed us the liver, which looked very 

 tempting, for people who had been for fome time deprived of 

 frefh food i we had it therefore fried, but as it came after fupper, 



I. 



I ate of it about the fize of two half-crown pieces, and the Captain 

 with my fon only tailed it,, each to the lize of about half a crown 



piece. It had no bad tafte and we expe(fted to have a good dinner 

 of the fifh next day. In the morning about three o'clock I awoke 

 from an uneaiinefs limilar to that when the ftomach is out of order ■ 

 on account of a furfeit. I fat upright in the bed and found my 

 head giddy and fwimming, I wanted to remove a chair from before 

 the bed, which in my hands was as light as a feather, and I found 



y 



I could 



diftinguifh 



thing 



from light ones. When I 



began to walk, I reeled from 



fide of the cabin to the other 



> 



I felt in the ftomacH a heavinefs and a burning, which extended 

 all the length of the gullet,, as if it had been excoriated, and my^ 

 extremities were benumbed. I had a ftool and in order to alleviate 



the ftomach 



endeavoured to void by vomiting 



but 



this caufed fuch a burning all along from the mouth to the Homach 

 that I thought the whole to be wounded. I waked Dr. Sparrman 



r- 



and fpoke to him about my fit 



he 



was feparated only 



a deal 



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