The white servants and the Dutch landlady where I lodge shake their heads ominously, and hope it mayn't poison me a year hence. 'Them nasty Malays can make it work months after you take it. They also possess the evil eye, and a talent for love potions. As the men are very handsome and neat, I incline to believe that part of it. Rathfelder's Halfway House, 6th November.