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SCORPIONS AND CENTIPEDES. 
venomous centipede CScolopendra morsitans) was 
also frequently met with among decayed leaves : it has 
forty-two feet ; the jaws are strong and horny, each fur- 
nished, like the sting of the scorpion, with a small tube 
and aperture, through which the poisonous fluid issues. 
Its bite produces violent inflammation, difficult of re- 
moval, though not often fatal. A less common, though 
more dangerous, insect is the African scorpion f Scorpio 
AustralisJ , The body is brown, the legs reddish, the 
claws are long and filiform. Its sting causes a painful 
and troublesome wound, which occasionally terminates 
in a partial slough, or mortification. 
Being Saturday evening, all the vessels anchored 
in the middle of the stream. We were sorry to find 
two cases of fever had broken out on board the ‘ Albert,’ 
and two in the ‘ Soudan there were also several persons 
with premonitory symptoms. 
3 A.M. Ther. 78^Wet bulb Mason’s Hygr. 74° 
9 A.M. „ 
79“ 
>> 
rr,5 
3 P.M. „ 
83“ 
>> 
97 
76“ 
9 P.M. „ 
83“ 
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77 
78“ 
Monday, Sept. 6th . — After a quiet Sabbath, spent, 
we trust, in devotion and thankfulness, for having been 
permitted to come thus far in safety — though with anxiety 
for the future — we resumed our operations. The ‘Albert,’ 
with the Commissioners, returned to the anchorage at 
Iddah, to finish the diplomatic affairs ; while the ‘ Wilber- 
force,’ went to the opposite bank to complete the wooding. 
