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called craw-craw, with which I had been infected 

 in the small canoe when on the way from Yim- 

 mahah to Potingah. Compared with this the 

 disorder called the " Scotch fiddle " must appear 

 a pleasing titillation, as, when a fit came on, it 

 threw me almost into convulsions : this induced 

 a nervous irritability, which in my weak state 

 was at once pitiable and laughable, and tended, I 

 have no doubt, to lower me in the opinion of the 

 natives. 



Sarsfield, who enjoyed excellent health, and 

 consequently much better temper, was compa- 

 ratively well treated, but, having a smooth chin, 

 was considered as a boy. Our time hung hea- 

 vily on our hands, and a description of one day's 

 proceedings would nearly serve for all : — At day- 

 break we enjoyed about two hours' delightful 

 repose, between the cessation of the plague of 

 mosquitoes and the commencement of that of 

 flies. At eight o'clock the king sent us our 

 allowance of yams for the day, and the process 

 of cooking them for our breakfast whiled away 

 an hour or two. From that time until sunset 

 we had a succession of visitors, whom the king 

 admitted through the gateway, and, I verily 

 believe, made a regular charge for it. To see 



