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but as this favour was not offered me, while all the 

 others, and even the (laves, were relieved, I fcorned to 

 petition for it while I was able to Hand, 



On the T9th, however, my foot became fo bad, that the 

 furgeon reported me unfit for duty ; yet I ftill remained 

 in the camp, where I could be to none of any ftrvice. 



A fupply of frefli troops, flaves, and provifions being 

 arrived on the 20th, Major Medlar, with 150 men, was de- 

 tached to make new difcoveries. 



Among other plagues, the whole camp at this time 

 fwarmed with locujlst which appeared every where in 

 mofl formidable troops, devouring every thing that lay 

 in their way. Indeed the curfe of Heaven feemed to 

 vifit us here in various fliapes, and every vermin were fo 

 plenty at this time, that no exertion could keep us per- 

 fectly free. Thefe locufts were brown, two inches in 

 length, and fliaped like a grafshopper ; they did not fly, 

 but crawled by millions on the very tables and feats as 

 we fat at dinner, and at night they tormented us by 

 crawling over our faces by fcores. 



The only defirable article we found at Jerufalem was 

 fifli, of which we feldom wanted plenty, particularly new- 

 mar a and warrappa^ alfo the patakee, and the old wifee, 

 both very excellent ; the former of which is about two 

 feet long, fhaped like a whiting, the other is the fize of 

 a large perch. A kind of needle-fifh, called naaynaay- 

 Jifee^ was found here in great abundance, thefe were 

 very thin, and about one foot in length ; alfo a kind of 



dung' 



