FIRST TOUCH OF FEVER. 
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reach a destination in a given time, the steam- 
vessel has doubtless the advantage over a 
Macassar prahu. 
Numbers of these prahus, as well as many 
steamers and sailing-vessels of varied build, with 
the large white guard-ship, make the Macassar 
roadstead gay and animated ; and although to us, 
leaving behind the busier centres, it seems the 
first taste of rusticity, I can imagine that on a 
return from the seclusion of the isles around, it 
must seem the gate of life. In Macassar resides 
one of the three governors that are under the 
Governor - General of the Dutch Indies, The 
position of these is kept up with some dignity. 
Visits were exchanged between the Governors of 
Timor and Macassar, and the latter's carriage, 
with four fleet cream-coloured ponies, was morn- 
ing and evening at the Da Franca family's dis- 
posal. 
I had the first touch of fever I have experi- 
enced just after leaving Macassar : probably I 
had been out in the sun too much. It was not 
severe, — just sufficient to produce an unconquer- 
able lassitude. Lying on a sofa one evening 
at dusk, apparently asleep, when all the others 
were down dressing for dinner, I heard a con- 
tinual talking near by me : gently turning, I saw 
