OF THE ISLANDS NEAR SINGAPORE. 
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2nd. 1 man, 1 woman and 4 children, all well in the N.E. mon¬ 
soon, had intermittent fever but no remittent. 
3rd., 2 of its inhabitants have had intermittent fever but no re¬ 
mittent. 
4th., 2 males, 6 females and 3 children, all well, had formerly in¬ 
termittent fever but no remittent or deaths from fever. 
5th, house contained 8 people, have had intermittent fever, but 
no remittent or death from fevers. 
6th., 8 Chinese, one had remittent fever on arrival which lasted 
3 months. The others have neither had remittent fever nor inter¬ 
mittent. This house is close to the beach, and in front of all the 
others. 
7th. house, 8 people, 2 have had intermittent fever, viz., a mother 
and child, the others have not had remittent or intermittent fever. 
In different parts of the island, but away from the sea, we fall in 
with single houses surrounded by pine-apples and perfectly healthy, 
except one on the side of a hill which was subject to the full influ¬ 
ence of the wind blowing- over the reef at Blakang Mari. The old 
Bugis we found living in this house was employed in rearing mouse 
deer, he was alone in the world, having in 30 years lost 11 of Ins 
family and many of them from dimam kapifelu or remittent fever. 
After the examination of this island we proceeded to Telloh Blanga, 
the residence of H. H. the Malay Tamungong, who informed us 
that at present his village was free from fever, though one year 
previous i. e. 1846, many had died of it. The beach here is of 
mud, with here and there small particles of coral, though not ex¬ 
posed. On the 6th. of June, 1847, we examined a village called 
Pantie Chirmin, about one mile from H. H. the Tamungong’s vil¬ 
lage. This village is built on stakes on the sea, and consists of 
6 houses all communicating with one another and containing be¬ 
tween 50 to 60 inhabitants, at present there is no sickness, but for¬ 
merly and frequently the village was almost depopulated with remit¬ 
tent fever (dimam kapifelu.) Mud and coral surround this village, 
the latter being exposed at ebb tide. Still pursuing our investiga¬ 
tions, we crossed to 2 islands called Pulo Sakijang about mile 
from Blakang Mari. On landing on the nearest we ascended a hill 
covered with pine apples and found one house with one inhabitant, 
he had resided there for some time, and never had fever. After walk¬ 
ing i of a mile through pine apples, skirting the hill at the same 
t ime, we made a precipitous descent into a narrow valley, but with rich 
