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The night was extremely close, and, to find some relief, I took a bath; which gave me, however, a very annoying inflammation of the eyes. Dec. 13. At day break, an old man, whom Nyuall introduced to us as Commandant, came with his gin, and invited us to his camp, about two miles off.
Nyuall gave an amusing account of our state: "You no bread, no flour, no rice, no backi you no good! Balanda plenty bread, plenty flour, plenty rice, plenty backi! Balanda very good!" He, Gnarrangan, and Carbaret, promised to go with us; and the first intended to take his wife with him.
The sultry weather, however, caused a great part of the meat to become tainted and maggotty. Our friend Nyuall became ill, and complained of a violent headache, which he tried to cure by tying a string tightly round his head. The black ibis, cocatua, kites, crows, and a small black and white species of heron, frequented our water-hole.
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