He believes, and Master Hunt is of the same opinion, that this
town of ours has been built on that portion of the shore where the
people are most liable to sickness. The land is low lying, almost
on a level with the river; the country roundabout is made up of
swamps and bogs, and the air which comes to us at night is filled
with a fever, which causes those upon whom it fastens, first to
shake as if they were beset with bitterest cold, and then again to
burn as if likely to be reduced to ashes. Some call it the ague,
and others, the shakes; but whatsoever it may be, there is nothing
more distressing, or better calculated to hinder a man from taking
so much of exercise as is necessary for his well being.
GATHERING OYSTERS
That Nathaniel and I may gather oysters without too great labor of
walking and carrying heavy burdens, Captain Smith has bought from
the savages a small boat made of the bark of birch trees, stretched
over a framework of splints, and sewn together with the entrails
of deer.
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