264 FEVER — INSANITY. 



of rabbits to carry to their own country. Their lands, 

 granted by Government, yielded, without much labor, coffee 

 sufficient for all the necessaries of life. 



On returning to Golungo Alto, I found several of my men 

 laid up with fever. One of the reasons for my leaving 

 them there was that they might recover from the fatigue 

 of the journey from Loanda, which had much more effect 

 upon their feet than hundreds of miles had on our way west- 

 ward. They had always been accustomed to moisture in 

 their own well-watered land, and we certainly had a super- 

 abundance of that in Loanda. The roads, however, from 

 Loanda to Golungo Alto were both hard and dry, and they 

 suffered severely in consequence ; yet they were composing 

 songs to be sung when they should reach home. The 

 Argonauts were nothing to them; and they remarked very 

 impressively to me, "It was well you came with Makololo; 

 for no tribe could have done what we have accomplished 

 in coming to the white man's country : we are the true 

 ancients, who can tell wonderful things." Two of them 

 now had fever in the continued form, and became jaun- 

 diced, the whites or conjunctival membrane of their eyes 

 becoming as yellow as saffron ; and a third suffered from 

 an attack of mania. He came to his companions one day, 

 and said, " Eemain well. I am called away by the gods I" 

 and set off at the top of his speed. The young men caught 

 him before he had gone a mile, and bound him. By gentle 

 treatment and watching for a few days he recovered. I 

 have observed several instances of this kind in the country, 

 but very few cases of idiocy; and I believe that continued 

 insanity is rare. 



