226 IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA CHAP. 



give copious draughts of very hot tea on the top 

 of phenacetin, and cover the patient up in a pile 

 of blankets. Mrs. B. naturally objected very much 

 to this drastic proceeding, but on being told that 

 it was the only way she would get fit, quickly re- 

 signed herself to the discomfort. In less than an 

 hour she was bathed in perspiration, and the tempe- 

 rature went down to 101. For the next three days 

 her temperature kept rising and falling, and in the end 

 she was so weak that she could hardly move. 



Of course it was a very anxious time for me, as 

 B. was also far from well, and I had the whole 

 strain of the double illness on my shoulders, far 

 away in the nyika and cut off from all possibility of 

 medical aid. I little realized at the time I was 

 doctoring Mrs. B. that before so very long our rdles 

 would be reversed, as it was my misfortune to be 

 struck down by a severe illness, which would 

 probably have made an end of me but for her 

 skilful nursing. 



It was a relief to find that my patient made a 

 very rapid recovery. On the fourth day the fever 

 abated, and Mrs. B. was well enough to be carried 

 in a hammock, so we left Killethamia and made a 

 short march along the river. 



I noticed some of the genuine tsetse-fly, with 

 their peculiar crossed wings, in this neighbourhood, 

 and feared for our horses, as a single bite from one 



