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Many, less acclimatized than he, however,found Malacca's heat oppressive.
Lt.-Col. David Campbell, the British commandant at Malacca in 1798(quoted in Harrison) asked to be relieved of his duties, saying,'I find the climate very inimical to my health,' while
Isabella Bird, an intrepid Victorian globe-trotter,liked Malacca but complained about the mosquitoes--'big spotted fellows, with a greed for blood'.
Except for the 'aggressive hum of mosquitoes', she wrote, 'the nights are very still' and 'the days are a tepid
dream'.
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