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yet gaining so little strength, that I could with difficulty stand 

 alone, or walk across the room with the assistance of two 

 sticks. The ague, however, now left me, and in another week, 

 as I could walk with a stick down to the river-side, I went to 

 Sao Gabriel, to see Mr. Spruce, who had arrived there, and 

 had kindly been to see me a short time before. I purchased 

 some wine and biscuits of the Commandante, and then 

 returned to Sao Joaquim, determined, though the wet season 

 was now again beginning, to set off for the Upper Uaupes, as 

 soon as I could procure men, and get my canoe ready. 



