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houses, there was no window, the light being admitted 
from the door. But the greatest deprivation was the 
want of a fire-place, of which I afterwards learned 
there was but one in the whole town, and that was in 
the house of Doctor Campbell. This gentleman sent 
me a table and a couple of chairs; so that in the mat- 
ter of furniture I now considered myself well off. 
About this time, finding my fever was of such a 
nature that it would be weeks, if not months, before I 
should be able to resume my journey, I thought it best 
to send Doctor Webb, Mr. Thurber, and Mr. Cremony 
to Guaymas, on the Gulf of California, for the purpose 
of negotiating my drafts, to enable me to pay for the 
provisions and mules I had purchased. They accord- 
ingly left for that place, Mr. Pratt and his son remain- 
ing and occupying an apartment next to mine. 
Doctor Campbell, to whom I shall ever feel under 
the deepest obligation for his kindness and constant 
attention, visited me daily, and often called two or 
three times during the twenty-four hours. I had occa- 
sional visits too from Dr. Wallace, an English physician 
who had formerly been in practice at Ures, but had 
lately abandoned the profession, and was then en- 
gaged in working a silver mine, about twenty miles 
off. There was also a German physician, Dr. , 
of Hermosillo, who made me several calls; so that on 
the whole, although my comforts were few, I was well 
provided with medical attendance. I felt the want of 
a fire the most, for I never slept with less than four ~ 
heavy blankets over me. These, it is true, kept me 
comfortable at night ; but during the day, in the months 
of November and December, when I wished to sit up, 
