GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



swears by their own method of doctoring it. But 

 above all avoid hot and long drinks, or much violent 

 exercise, in fact anything that induces perspiration. 

 Jeyes' fluid in the bath is a good thing, and powder- 

 ing the body after careful drying with boric acid, 

 oxide of zinc and starch in equal parts. 



This is not a medical book, so why say more ? 

 Every one knows that the most important thing 

 in the tropics is to keep the cookery pots and 

 pans clean ; in fact cleanliness in everything is 

 most essential. 



Plague always followed us ; we found it in 

 Nairobi and again in Zanzibar. I used to go 

 about the bazaar when I knew there was plague 

 there ; but on returning it is wise to change one's 

 shoes and skirts and carefully wash one's hands 

 before eating. 



During the first few days I was in Zanzibar, on 

 three consecutive days I heard the bell of the 

 Roman Catholic church tolling ; I wondered what 

 sort of place this was I had come to, where Chris- 

 tians died daily. 



Afterwards I heard this story from the doctor. 

 There was a family of Goanese, the wife, her 

 husband, his brother, and an ayah for the children, 

 all living in the house ; apparently the husband 

 ill-treated the nurse, for she was very unhappy 

 and applied to be sent back to India, but did not 

 succeed in getting much of a hearing. Eventually 



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