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red, I foon fell found afleep, having firft taken fome drops^. 

 of a llrong fpirituous tindure of tliC bark which I had 

 j^rcpared at Goiidar, refoiving, if I found any remiffion, as 

 I thea did, to cake fcveral good dozes of the bai k in pow- 

 der on the morrow, beginning at day-break, which I ac:- 

 cordingly did with its ufual fuccefs.. 



On the 2.0th of April, a little after the dawn of day, tlie 

 Shekh, in great anxiety, came to the place where I was 

 lying, lipon a tanned buifaloe's hide, on tlie ground. His 

 forrow v/as foon turned into joy when he found me quite 

 recovered from my illnefs. I had taken the bark, and 

 expreiled a defire of eating a hearty breakfafl of rice, which 

 was immediately prepared fox' me. 



The Shekh of Beyla was an implicit believer in medi- 

 cine. Seeing me take fome drops of the tindurc before 

 coffee, he inllfted upon pledging me, and I believe would' 

 have willingly emptied the wliole bottle. After baring 

 fuffered great agony with his own cotuplaint, he had 

 paiied fome fmall ftones, and was greatly better, as he faid,. 

 for the foap- pills.. I put him in a way to prepare thefe, 

 as alfo his lime-water. It V'/s.s impoflibie to have done any 

 favour for him equal to this, as his agony had been fo 

 great. He told me our Moullah was arrived from Teawa 

 and had left Shekh Fidele ftill repining at our departure, 

 without leaving him the piaftres. As for the eclipfe, he 

 faid he did not care a ftraw,,nor for what they did or 

 knew at Mecca, for he had no interefl there. I underftood 

 our friend Mahomet, Shekh of Beyla, had been under great 

 uneafinefs at the eclipfe, when it advanced in the immer- 

 fion,.and became total, Some time before this, as he faid, 



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