178 UNHEALTHY WEATHER. 



On the 18th, Mr. Lander, who had been so 

 kind as to come down to the Quorra for two or 

 three days on hearing of my relapse, considering 

 that I was out of immediate danger, returned to 

 the Alburkah, having determined to accompany 

 me to Fundah as soon as I should be equal to 

 the exertion. I found from him that Mr. Jones, 

 the mate of the Alburkah, had died on the 7th, 

 after a relapse. The natives all agree that this 

 month is the most unhealthy, and that there was 

 now much sickness and mortality among them- 

 selves : many of the Kroomen even were complain- 

 ing. The weather was intensely hot, the ther- 

 mometer having been frequently at 99° for hours ; 

 and not a breath of wind tempered the heat dur- 

 ing the day, while the nights were moist and raw 

 without being cool. 



Dr. Briggs became very ill with an attack of 

 dysentery, and removed his cot into the cabin, 

 thinking it cooler than on deck. Mr. Hector 

 being pretty well, was able in some measure to 

 attend him. 



The fever had left me so exceedingly weak in 

 mind as well as body, that after Mr. Lander's 

 departure I lay on deck in a state of almost total 

 unconsciousness ; but I was painfully roused from 



