Chap. XXXI I. EFFECTS OF FEVER. G71 



My fever became excessively severe, in consequence of tra- 

 velling in the hot sun, and the long grass blocking up the narrow 

 path, so as to exclude the air. The pulse beat with amazing 

 force, and felt as if thumping against the crown of the head. 

 The stomach and spleen swelled enormously, giving me, for the 

 first time, an appearance which I had been disposed to laugh at 

 among the Portuguese. At Interra we met Senhor Asevedo, a 

 man who is well known by all who ever visited Kilimane, and 

 who was presented with a gold chronometer watch by the Ad- 

 miralty, for his attentions to English officers. He immediately 

 tendered Ins large sailing launch, which had a house in the stern. 

 This was greatly in my favour, for it anchored in the middle of 

 the stream, and gave me some rest from the mosquitoes, which 



navigable further up, but they did not proceed. It is quite possible for 

 a moderate-sized vessel to cross the bar at spring-tides, and be perfectly 

 landlocked and hidden amongst the trees. 



" The Maiiido, in 18° 52' S., 36° 12' E., is not mentioned in Horsburgh, nor 

 laid doivn in the Admiralty chart, but is, nevertheless, one of some import- 

 ance, and appears to be one of the principal stations for shipping slaves, 

 as the boats found two barracoons, about 20 miles up, bearing every 

 indication of having been very recently occupied, and which had good 

 presumptive evidence that the ' Cauraigo,' a brig under American colours, 

 had embarked a cargo from thence but a short time before. This river is 

 fronted by a portion of the Elephant Shoals, at the distance of three or 

 four miles outside. The eastern bank is formed by level sea-cliffs (as seen 

 from the ship it has that appearance), high for this part of the coast, and 

 conspicuous. The western side is composed of thick trees, and terminates 

 in dead wood, from which we called it ' Dead-wood Point.' After crossing 

 the bar it branches off in a W. and N.W. direction, the latter being the 

 principal arm, up which the boats went some 30 miles, or about 10 

 beyond the barracoon. Fresh water can be obtained almost immediately 

 inside the entrance, as the stream runs down very rapidly with the ebb- 

 tide. The least water crossing the bar (low-water — springs) was 1| fathom, 

 one cast only therefrom from 2 to 5 fathoms, another 7 fathoms nearly 

 the whole way up. 



" The Catrina, lat. 18° 50' S., long. 36° 24' E. The external appearance of 

 this river is precisely similar to that of the Maiudo, so much so, that it is 

 difficult to distinguish them by any feature of the land. The longitude 

 is the best guide, or, in the absence of observation, perhaps the angles 

 contained by the extremes of land will be serviceable. Thus, at nine 

 miles off the Maiudo the angle contained by the above was seven points, 

 the bearing being N.E. W. of N.W. (?) ; whilst off the Catrina, at the same 

 distance from shore (about nine miles), the angle was only 3| to 4 points, 

 being N. to N.W. As we did not send the boats up this river, no informa- 

 tion was obtained." 



