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during the two following' days, repeating the emetic again in the 

 evening and again vomiting a large quantity of gall. The 

 violence of the illness was broken, but the tota? want of purging 

 medicines prevented a perfect cure. Meanwhile my great weak- 

 ness, loss of appetite, and a rapid decline, threatened to kill me. 

 Therefore I resolved to go with Captain Scott's three-masted 

 ship, which was bound for Malacca, my Captain readily made all 

 arrangements for my passage, as he feared to have a corpse on 

 his ship, while Captain Scott could easily make funeral arrange- 

 ments at sea; and late in the evening of the 17th I went on 

 board of Captain Scott's ship, called " Prince." We sailed still 

 the very evening. The movement of the sea soon excited the 

 marasma<^ic quietness of my blood, and the fever broke out with 

 greater violence. I had no other means of cure, than frequent 

 water-drinking. 



23. — I went on deck for a little while in the morning ; we 

 passed a long-stretched island, called Pullu Trotto, which consists 

 of steep mountains overgrown with trees, and only showing 

 white spots in a few places. The stone must be weather-beaten. 

 We were only one English mile far from it, and could distinguish 

 everything very well through a Dolland telescope. I was told 

 that no people live in this island on account of the many tigers 

 having their resorts in it, but this tale was immediately contra- 

 dicted by the other statement, that there were many wild boars 

 and many stags living here at the same time. 



However many people go to this island, both from the main- 

 land, which is about two German miles far, and from Pullu Lada, 

 which is only separated from it by a channel about half a German 

 mile wide. People gather the Damar, which is found here in 

 large quantities. If these people are obliged to sleep in the 

 island they climb upon high trees. A Diodia was caught at 

 midday, during the calm generally prevailing in the channel. 

 The back was green, the stomach w^as white, quite smooth with- 

 out Spina, only near the Ano there were some slightly projecting 

 warts. It was about one span long, and had a very bad smell. 

 I had exerted myself too much to-day by going on deck, and had 

 to pay this with an attack of extreme weakness, followed by a 

 critical fever. 



24. — I was slightly better in the morning and could not bear 

 to lie down any longer, although my. weakness often made me 



