continânce such as I have never seen. Australasia, Africa, or any other part of the world. The clouds pour down upon the Island, one vast sheet of water washing hills and valleys, furrowing with deep ravines, and saturating the soft, porous, putréfying strata to the extent of many feet with daily renewed moisture. In the intervals of rain the tropical sun acts with an intense evaporating power and a noxious steam or vapour rises from the fetid soil, yielding a gas of a most sickly and deleterious nature exactly as experienced on the coast of Africa in 1824 when I was seized with a "fever" while there. Many of my brother-Officers perished. I with great difficulty recovered but was left back.
This Miasmic Gas does not arise from vegetable or animal decomposition of any extent on the island, but from decomposed mineral substances which yield an aeriform poison—under some circumstances, of a more deadly malignant nature than either of the other kingdoms of Nature. This gas does not rise more than a few feet from the earth; it slowly mingles with the surrounding atmosphere, and when not causing immediate illness produces a depressing effect on the mind and body which undermines and destroys the strongest constitutions. Military and Naval Officers who have served in Africa and in India have experienced the effects of the sun in Hong Kong in a manner before unknown to them, even at Madras, only forty miles west of Canton. Sepoys who walk about the whole day in the month of July when to do so at Hong Kong would be attended with almost certain death. Neither Chinese nor Europeans can endure the climate even so well as...
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continânce such as I have never seen.
Australasia- lendia, Afried -
or any
other-
on
part of the world. The Elouds pour down.
DAVOL
the Island.
one vast sheet of water washing. hills and recht), furrowing with deep ravines, and saturating.
the soft, porous, putréseaut strata to the extent of many feet with daily
raud.
renewed moisture, In the intervals of rain the rustical pou acts- with an intense evaporating power au a mexions steam or ixpour rises fina the fetid soil-yielding a gas of a most- sickly and deleterious native exocetly Jexperienced. the coast of in 1824 whow I was seized_
Arcely a
Africa
terit aw
" fever" while i is M. Me
Endle fever
Sevice from the effects of which I witte pout difficulty recovered but of back. brother-Officus perished.
most of my
This Mumbific Gas does not arise, rigitable
from-
or ducimal decomposition there
the island of any extent
but.
but decomposed mineral, substances
yield
Dit
aeriform pason-under some
cucumstances, of a
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a deadly maline
than either of the other kingdoms of
Nature,
This
& gad
does not rise more.
than
a four feet from the Enish; it slowly
surrounding.
singles with the surround atmosphere, and when not cause
immediate illness produces or depressing
effect on mind.
and.
lody which undermined and destroys the diriges : Constitutions,
Military and Naval . hawe served in Africa and in feel the effectit of the sun in -Kong in a mamen
experienced; jeb
reve
who
India.
in Morge
before
even at hracas, only
Perspexus
forty miles west of stong thong,
walk about the whole day
may
the mouth of July when to do so
at ht
khong trong
Jepoys
would
attended.
with almost certain death, Deither Chinese can endure the
oys nor
climate even so well as Europeaut
whose...
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