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fupper, hoping, by a long fleep, to relieve the 

 heavy fatigue of two difturbed and reftlefs 

 nights ; but we were fadly difappointed ! the 

 tormenting mufquitoes again befieged us, and 

 the third night proved no lefs fleeplefs than the 

 two preceding. The heat and itching from for- 

 mer bitings — the pain of new and acute puno 

 tures — and the ftill more wearifome buzzing of 

 the infects in our ears combined in fuch utter 

 annoyance, as not only to deprive us of fleep, 

 but of all reft and eafe. Even the quiet of 

 lying ftill was unattainable. The irritation, 

 caufed by the pain and exceffive itching, ren- 

 dered us quite feverifh, and with the wearinefs 

 and languor arifing from want of fleep, made 

 us really ill. At length, grown impatient of 

 fuffering, and finding it impoflible to reft in 

 our hammocks, we got up, walked about the 

 room, wafhed with cold water, rubbed our- 

 felves with orange juice, and with limes, thea 

 opened the windows, fhook our hammocks, 

 beat about the room with cloths and hand- 

 kerchiefs, and tried all the various means of 

 driving out the ihfe£ts, and obtaining relief : 

 but in vain, all our efforts failed of fuccefs. 

 Immitigable torment purfued us, and we were 

 compelled to drag out a srioft wearifome and 

 c^omfortlefs night. 



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