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feeling very tired, returned to the town in a tam- 

 bangan, immediately on sitting down in which I fell 

 asleep. It being nearly low water we were a long 

 time getting into and up the canal, and on arriving 

 at the stairs I found I had been asleep more than 

 an hour, with my hat off, exposed to the night-dew 

 and the miasmata of the neighbouring marshes, 

 and the putrid bed of the canal. I felt very unwell 

 the next morning, but supposing it to be a mere 

 cold, took no notice of it, and having promised Mr. 

 and Mrs. Dean to come down to Gresik and dine 

 with them, and accompany them to a ball at Mr. 

 Lott's house, of that town, I went down by water 

 with Lieut. Boon van Ostade, and a party. The 

 ball commenced between six and seven o'clock on 

 the brick floor of a large saloon, and was an ex- 

 ceedingly pleasant party, graced by several il excel- 

 lent specimens " of the beauty of the Dutch ladies, 

 both of pure and Creole blood, but to my extreme 

 horror, they continued dancing till six o'clock in 

 the morning, and I was unable to get away. To a 

 man with fever in his veins this was by no means a 

 cordial, and as soon as our boat regained Sourabaya 

 I succumbed to it. It appeared, however, after all, 

 of trifling character ; Dr. Muirhead removed me on 

 board, where it w 7 ent off in four or fiwe days, and in 

 ten I was able to walk about, apparently as well as 

 ever. But I no longer felt the same person; languor 

 and lassitude took possession both of mind and 

 body, and I seemed to pass at once into the state of 



