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judice against quinine, our sheet-anchor in the complaint. This 

 is rather a professional subject, but I introduce it here, in order 

 to protest against the prejudice as almost entirely unfounded. 

 Quinine is invaluable in fever, and never produces any un- 

 pleasant effects in any stage of the disease, if exhibited in com- 

 bination ivith an aperient. The captain was saved by it, without 

 his knowledge, and I was thankful that the mode of treatment 

 so efficacious among natives, promised so fair among Europeans. 



After waiting about six weeks at this unhealthy spot, in 

 which, however, by the kind attentions of Colonel Nunes and 

 his nephew, I partially recovered from my tertian, H. M. brig 

 " Frolic " arrived off Kilimane. As the village is twelve miles 

 from the bar, and the weather was rough, she was at anchor ten 

 days before we knew of her presence, about seven miles from the 

 entrance to the port. She brought abundant supplies for all my 

 need ; and 1501. to pay my passage home, from my kind friend 

 Mr. Thompson, the Society's agent at the Cape. The Admiral 

 at the Cape kindly sent an offer of a passage to the Mau- 

 ritius, which I thankfully accepted. Sekwebu and one atten- 

 dant alone remained with me now. He was very intelligent, 

 and had been of the greatest service to me ; indeed, but for 

 his good sense, tact, and command of the language of the tribes 

 through which we passed, I believe we should scarcely have 

 succeeded in reaching the coast. I naturally felt grateful to 

 him ; and as his chief wished all my companions to go to England 

 with me, and would probably be disappointed if none went, I 

 thought it would be beneficial for him to see the effects of civil- 

 ization, and report them to his countrymen ; I wished also to 

 make some return for his very important services. Others had 

 petitioned to come, but I explained the danger of a change of 

 climate and food, and with difficulty restrained them. The only 

 one who now remained begged so hard to come on board ship, 

 that I greatly regretted, that the expense prevented my acceding 

 to his wish to visit England. I said to him, " You will die if you 

 go to such a cold country as mine." " That is nothing," he 

 reiterated ; " let me die at your feet." 



When we parted from our friends at Kilimane, the sea on the 

 bar was frightful even to the seamen. This was the first time 

 Sekwebu had seen the sea. Captain Peyton had sent two boats 



