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lUit I had weirse experiences -dysentery, for instance;, 

 breaking out badly among the natives. It is terrible; when 

 this frightful elisease spre-aels through a camp. It appears 

 cjuite suddenly, perhaps through some infected water 

 which has been te)o unrestrictedly used ; ami even Euro- 

 peans can only partially protect themselves from it through 

 careful boiling ot their drinking-water. 



Twice have I myself suftere-d from elysentery, ami 

 know from experience; how difficult it is to achieve a 

 radical cure;, and how hard it is lor any one; to avoid 

 errors of eliet eluring the convalescent perioel. Dysentery 

 is justly more elreaeleel than malaria. 



It the; ehse;ase; breaks out among the; natives, it may, 

 in ce-rtain circumstances, endanger the; whole expedition. 

 For we;eks one has to do without the; services ot one's 

 most useful men, and there are- deaths within a tew elays. 

 " Amekula, P>wana ! " (" lie; is eleael. master!") announces 

 the; caravan-guide : a grave; is shove-Heel out in the vie-inity, 

 and there is a hasty burial haste- is imperatively demanded 

 by the; conditions ot temperature-. 



In one instance I was only able; to che;ck an epidemic 

 of this frightful disease; by altering in all haste my 

 whole plan of campaign, and seeking tor new watering- 

 places. I have seen some; remarkable recoveries, \\hile 

 two doctors, who happened to be; slaying in my camp, 

 were treating one of my most useful servants, he got 

 no be;tteT ; at last he refused all European medicines, 

 and got well, alter having lived lor lourteen days on 

 nothing but weak tea ! 



Malaria is another irreat hindrance. \e-ar the caravan- 



