ATTACKED WITH FEVER. 115 



At eight in the evening, about nine hours after 

 my attack, I was much relieved by copious vomit- 

 ing. Captain Hill, by an observation, made the 

 latitude of this deadly spot 5° 54' N. 



On the following morning, the 13th, I found 

 myself much better ; the fever had left me as 

 weak as a child ; but I found only one white man 

 and a mulatto of all the crew able to do their 

 duty. By the evening, the Kroomen had got all 

 our wood on board ; and I was in hopes that a 

 change of scene on the following day would pro- 

 duce a good effect on the crew. They were not 

 absolutely ill, but complained of languor — had a 

 disinclination to move, a feeling of nausea, and 

 excessive prostration of strength. I tried in vain 

 to cheer them : it seemed as if a deadly gloom 

 hung over the vessel. Dr. Briggs was in a high 

 fever, but sensible, and persisted in attending the 

 men. I prayed, I trust sincerely, to my Maker, 

 that, however my body might be affected, my mind 

 might be spared. 



From this date to the 5th of December my 

 own journal is a blank, which from that of Cap- 

 tain Hill and my own memory I have only been 

 enabled to fill up. I may premise, however, that 

 Captain Hill's journal extends to our arrival at 



