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Mick at Jul 29, 2020 06:13 PM

p. 123

with double gates, through the bars of
which we could see the sea; & could
comfort ourselves when we saw its
white waves, with the thought, that
the discomforts of quarantine, were
not equal to the miseries ofsea
sickness _ This small court, gave
us the only access that was permitted
to the open air, here we could pace
a few steps up & down, under the
shade of four Acacia trees, by
which it was occupied, & whose
white flowers, were all of natures
beauties that were within our reach.

Here we breakfasted, while our
little watchman cleaned our room,
if cleaning, it may be called, which
he performed by filling his mouth,
with water & then spitting it on the
floor, until he thought it sufficiently
moistened, & then the process of sweeping
began - We could tell when [[Ivan]] began
his operations by hearing this arduous
business of spitting commence; it is
said to be a favorite method of

p. 123

with double gates, through the bars of
which we could see the sea; & could
comfort ourselves when we saw its
white waves, with the thought, that
the discomforts of quarantine, were
not equal to the miseries ofsea
sickness _ This small court, gave
us the only access that was permitted
to the open air, here we could pace
a few steps up & down, under the
shade of four Acacia trees, by
which it was occupied, & whose
white flowers, were all of natures
beauties that were within our reach.

Here we breakfasted, while our
little watchman cleaned our room,
if cleaning, it may be called, which
he performed by filling his mouth,
with water & then spitting it on the
floor, until he thought it sufficiently
moistened, & then the process of sweeping
began - We could tell when [[Ivan]] began
his operations by hearing this arduous
business of spitting commence; it is
said to be a favorite method of