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rivet' of Balii Paliat (the Hio Formusa of the 

 Poi'Lujjuese) , and I had already ajji'eed foi* 

 a guide and coolies, when niy Portuguese 

 boy and my Gliiiia man declared ilial tliey 

 were unable to continue the journey by 

 land, Titeir feet were in a dreadful state ; 

 this was the effect of tlie bite ol a kind of 

 leecli called by the Malays paclmt. As 1 

 have not yet seen this inconvenience no- 

 ticed in any writing, 1 wdl mention it here. 

 These leeches are of a peculiar kind, small 

 in size, hut very numerous in ttie interior 

 of the jungle. They are chieQy met with in 

 damp weatlier; persons who are not accus- 

 tomed to travel through the jungle some- 

 times sufler much from their bite, which 

 is the more dangerous as very often it is 

 not felt, thus giving them ample time to 

 be cloyed before they aie perceived; ordi- 

 narily the blood continues Lo trickle long 

 after they are removed; and the wounds 

 they cause are difficult to cure : 1 have 



