THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. ^ 



It was the 4th of November when the fervant of Achmet 

 returned in a boat from Arkeeko, and with him four ja- 

 nizaries. He was not yet well, and was very defirous to fee 

 me. He fufpected either that he was poiibned or bewitch- 

 ed, and had tried many charms without good effect. We 

 arrived at Arkeeko about eleven, paffed the door of the 

 Naybe without challenge, and found Achmet in his own 

 houfe, ill of an intermitting, fever, under the very vvoril of 

 regimens. 



He was much apprehenfive that he mould die, or lofe. 

 the ufe of his limbs as Emir Achmet had done : the fame- 

 woman, a Shiho, and a witch, was> he faid, the occafion of 

 both. " If Achmet, your uncle, had loft the ufe of his. 

 tongue, faid I, it would have faved him a great deal of im- 

 proper difcourfe in the divan." His head ached violently,, 

 and he could only fay, " Aye! aye! the old mifcreant knew 

 I was ill, or that would not have happened." I gave Ach- 

 met proper remedies to eafe his pains and his ftomach, and 

 the next morning began with baric 



This medicine operates quickly here; nay, even the bark 

 that remains, after the ftronger fpiritous tincture is drawn 

 from it, feems toanfwer the purpofe very little worle than 

 did the frrft. I ftaid here till the 6th in the morning, at 

 which time he was free from the fever. I left him, how- 

 ever, fome dofes to prevent its return ; and he told me, on 

 the 7th, he would come to Mafuah with boats and men to 

 bring us with our baggage to Arkeeko, and free us from 

 the bondage of Mafuah. 



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