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ami Hiitives, and is called by the colonists i{t0. 

 " Itlidit it occurs only durii)(>' tlic snniiiicr 

 season : the attack is sudden, no doubt proceed- 

 ing from the bite of a gnat, or some other insect. 

 I had an oppMtunity of witnessittg ifc cas^ iAm 

 ja&kdyi -wilich occurred in a native. The inte- 

 f>'unicnts 5inrronndiiiji" the orbit were pidiod up so 

 nuicli, ijs totally to close the eye, which was 

 found niucli inflamed, as in acute opthalmia, 

 and attended with symptams, in some di^ee 

 similar, with severe iteliing and pricking pain, as 

 if sand liad been lodii^ed in it, with a jirofuse 

 flow nf tears. This disease seldom coutiiiucs Tor 

 more than three days, even if no remedy be ap- 

 plied. A spirit lo^m hm teiflr told Mm tuost 

 beneficial appHcaidtm* La$i fiEummer eveij indi^ 

 vifbial at one of the fanui was attacked by it iu 

 butb i-yes, occasioning temporary blindness, and 

 much inconvenience was experienced from all 

 being attacked the same peri(Ml«^ 

 On the 14th of Beeetcber, t M tb^Tiimat 



* The men at one of tlie farms, when occu[)ietl in shearing, 

 comptamigd Qt a maXl g^m^mhCaed fly annoying them ex- 

 ceedingly, hy fl}'ing about, tlieir eyes ; so much so, as fre- 

 quently to oblige them to discontinue their labour; an itching 

 sensation of the eyes followed, and it seemed} to use their 

 own words, 1^ mf&1iSimf^iii^l^ 



Wight," 



