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^ ^ NEW GUINEA SMOKE. 



The land of New Guiaea is rather extensive, and the pro- 

 dticiionB of the country are abundant ; but foreign vesatls 

 do not dare to trade thither, on account of the manners of 

 the people, who are so crafty and deceitful, that they are 

 ^ iff M j"^' ^^^^ demooe and eives. What is most to be 

 dreaded is their smoke ; we do not know what drugs they 

 u&e, but when they make ft fire lo windwnrd, on some lii^h 

 place, all who inhale the smoke die. It is on ihis accouoi 

 Lftat their productions are so little sought after, veasela sel- 

 dom going thither, and th* natives being obliged to export 

 ih«tr own merchandiae. 



^ ^ ^ PUTCH DOCTORS. 



SSfe ^Ong-choo-seng had an ulcer on hia hack, which 

 Itirned into a gangrene, and he was about to die. Previons 

 lo this, some one had reeonunended a Dutch doctor ; but 

 Choo-sengj knowing that these gentlemen were fond of using 

 the knife 7ery freely, was afraid and refused to employ one. 

 Afterwards his pain became excessive and insupportable, and 

 when the Chinese surgeons had all given him up, having no 

 rcsonrcej he sent for a European practitioner. The docior, 

 on entering the house, aa soon as he saw the pattent, said, 

 This is a very dangerous ulcer, why did not you apply to me 

 sooner , md not throw your life away in this manner ? 

 He then asked the by. slanders to provide him with a pig 

 that had recently been killed, and sending his servant to the 

 carriage for a small box* he took out a bottle of tinciurej and 

 pouring some into a glass said, drink this, and it will render 

 you insensible to pain. Then taking out a silver knife, he 

 cut away the gangrenous part cf the ulcer, as large as a plate, 

 and havirig tied up the pig in the hall^ he look a portion of the 

 flesh, of the sameBize with ih» wound, and mixing it up with 

 some drugs, applied it to the parLaflecied. After a time, he 

 allowed Oiem to remove the pig's Hesh, which had become 

 black and intolerably ofFensjve, for it had drawn out all the 

 poison. This operation hu repeated thrice, and iherv said, 



