For some time one or two were brought me every day, generally alive.

They are sluggish insects, and pull themselves lazily along by means of their immense forelegs.

A figure of this and other Moluccan beetles is given in the 27th CHAPTER of this work.
I was kept at Paso by an inflammatory eruption, brought on by the constant attacks of small acari-like harvest-bugs, for which the forests of Ceram are famous, and also by the want of nourishing food while in that island.

At one time I was covered with severe boils.

I had them on my eye, cheek, armpits, elbows, back, thighs, knees, and ankles, so that I was unable to sit or walk, and had great difficulty in finding a side to lie upon without pain.