Excerpt from Diary of a Physician in California: Being the Results of Actual Experience, Including Notes of the Journey by Land and Water, and Observations on the Climate, Soil, Resources of the Country, Etc Passengers Ashore - Extinct Volcano - Fight with a Boa Constrictor. - A Wounded Man - Part company with a Lady and Gentleman - Return a Sick Man to Panama - Town of taboga.-an Enchanting Spot - Fruits. Sickness on Board. - Whales. - Unpleasant Incident. - Weigh anchor.-an other Man in the Hold - English bread-act. - The Captain and his Mates. A Sail. - Incidents. - A Calm - Increasing Sickness - A Death - Intense Heat. - Another Death - Awful Situation - Burial at Sea - Gorgeous Sun set. - More Sickness - Escape from the Villainous Hole. 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.