Narrative of the Life and Travels of Serjeant B.̲̲̲̲̲D. Brown, 1823 - 301 pages Excerpt from Narrative of the Life and Travels of Serjeant B Leave Masulipatam - Anecdotes of the Elephant - Its Revenge of an Injury on a Serjeant The Author's Hardships and Illness - Hurri cane - Mrs. B. Stands Godmother to Serjeant Lee's Child Account of Mrs. Lee - Her Death - The Child taken Home by Mrs. B. Remarkable Cases of Hydrophobia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... flux , which cut off the men in great mum- bers . Our accommodation here was indeed very indifferent , and not at all what we expected from the idea of India which we had formed to ourselves , from what we were accustomed to hear when ...
... flux appeared amongst the men , and made very rapid progress . I also took this trouble , which increased upon me to a very great degree . I acknowledge myself to have acted a very imprudent part , in not reporting myself to the doctor ...
... flux , however , still continuing , and keeping me in a state of extreme weak- ness , I was advised by one of my fifers to take a dose of corks and wine without the doctor's knowledge , since all his medicine hitherto appeared ...
... flux was never so severe as that produced by this savage dose . After being a few days in this extreme pain , the flux of blood disappeared , and I got gradually better , but I have never en- joyed my former health ; and , I believe ...
... turns , I was again . seized with a severe flux . The Colonel , seeing me one day on deck , inquired very kindly how I was ? I told him the truth ; and he was very angry that I should ex- pose 68 NARRATIVE OF SERJEANT B-
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