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whole time he was extremely pale, his figure being frightful. On 

 a sudden he said, "I shall go and tell what is passing at the 

 Guard of Guaray." He mounted a horse, and galloped over the 

 country, but the young Frenchman soon saw him fall ; he rose, 

 galloped a second time, fell again, and was found by my men pro- 

 foundly asleep, some hours after, in the place where he fell. 



" I then found myself almost dying, with no other than a man still 

 furious, my Indian Botocudo, who was merely an infant, and the 

 young Frenchman, who was almost distracted by these extraordi- 

 nary events. All the morning we had perceived insurgent Spa- 

 niards on the other side of the river, and some even in the distance 

 on the same side ; they would probably have attacked us, had they 

 known how small was our number. The dangers of my situation 

 affected my spirits, and I felt myself worse. 



" I had calculated the soldier would return with a new guide from 

 Guaray on that day ; I hoped to obtain help from them, and my 

 imagination was divided between the desire of seeing them, and 

 the fear of surrounding dangers. At one time I thought I saw 

 their dogs, but I was mistaken, and returned to my former state. 

 The dogs I had seen were some almost without master, in the 

 deserts, which had been attracted by our food. The chasseur, 

 Joze Mariano, now came and sat by me ; he was more calm, had 

 fastened a cloth round his loins, but had ilot yet recovered his 

 reason. " Master," said he, " long have I accompanied you, I 

 have always been a faithful servant, I am on fire, do not refuse 

 me a .drop of water." Full of terror and compassion, I took his 

 hand, and endeavoured to console him. 



" The warm water, of which I had drunk a prodigious quantity, 

 now produced the desired effect, and I vomited. I felt relieved, 

 a numbness occurred in the fingers, but it was of short duration. 

 I distinguished the cart, the pasturages, and the trees, and the 

 cloud left my eyes, so that I could see all but the upper part of 

 objects, or if it came on again, it was only for a few instants. 

 The state of Joze Mariano continued to cause me much alarm. I 

 was also fearful I should not, myself, recover the entire use of 

 my faculties. A second vomiting began to dissipate these fears, 

 and procured me fresh ease. I saw objects more clearly, could 

 talk French or Portuguese at will, my ideas became more clear, 

 and I directed the young Frenchman where to find an emetic. I 

 divided it into three parts, vomited abundantly, evacuating the 

 food and honey I had taken in the morning, with torrents of water. 

 Until I had taken the third portion of the emetic, I felt pleasure 

 in long draughts of water ; but after that time, I disliked it and 

 took no more ; the cloud disappeared, and after some cups of tea, I 

 took a short walk, and, with the exception of strength, was almost 

 in my natural state. 



" Nearly at the same moment, reason returned suddenly to Joze 



