now TO WEATHER HEAT. 
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of heathen Japan, and, as his w’^asted frame was lowered 
into its Christian grave amidst the urned ashes of infidel 
millions, the words of hope — “ I am the Eesurrection and 
the Life” — floated solemnly through the silent air, and 
told the lounging priests of the Buddhist temple that 
reared its quaint form over the stranger’s grave, that the 
reign of their gods of stone was drawing to a close. 
“We have just anchored between our two consorts, 
and have already been boarded by the boat of a Dutch 
man-of-war, the otficer of which speaks English perfectly. 
He has been so polite as to give us some useful informa- 
tion in regard to this proverbially-unhealthy port. He 
says that their squadron, consisting of five steamers and 
a frigate, has at present several hundred men and officers 
in the hospital, — cases of Java fever, — and that as a sani- 
tary measure all vessels anchoring here are advised to 
observe the following rules. 
“ Firstly : to have natives to pull in their boats, so as 
to expose the men as little as possible : — 
“ Secondly: to do no work betwmen 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 
that takes the men out from under the awnings. 
“Thirdly and lastly: to spread the latter as soon 
as the sun begins to dissipate the overcast sky, to keep 
them spread until the sky again becomes overcast in the 
evening, and then to trice them up so that the heat may 
radiate from the deck before night. In that way, he 
said, they managed to keep so cool as often to be able to 
get to sleep before midnight: neglect these precations 
and the lower decks would be like ovens. We thanked 
our adviser, and he took his leave.” 
I shall say little in regard to Batavia: the road has 
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