1869.] DANGEROUS ILLNESS. 3 



seem near the brim of Tanganyika. Sixteen days of illness. 

 May be 23rd of January ; it is 5th of lunar month. Country 

 very undulating ; it is perpetually up and down. Soil 

 red, and rich knolls of every size and form. Trees few. 

 Erythrinas abound ; so do elephants. Carried eight hours 

 yesterday to a chiefs village. Small sharp thorns hurt the 

 men's feet, and so does the roughness of the ground. Though 

 there is so much slope, water does not run quickly off Ma- 

 rungu. A compact mountain-range flanks the undulating 

 country through which we passed, and may stop the water 

 flowing. Mohamad Bogharib is very kind to me in my 

 extreme weakness ; but carriage is painful ; head down and 

 feet up alternates with feet down and head up; jolted up 

 and down and sideways — changing shoulders involves a toss 

 from one side to the other of the kitanda. The snn is 

 vertical, blistering any part of the skin exposed, and I try 

 to shelter my face and head as well as I can with a bunch 

 of leaves, but it is dreadfully fatiguing in my weakness. 



I had a severe relapse after a very hot day. Mohamad 

 gave me medicines ; one was a sharp purgative, the others 

 intended for the cure of the cough. 



14dh February, 1869. — Arrived at Tanganyika. Parra is 

 the name of the land at the confluence of the River Lofuko : 

 Syde bin Habib had two or three large canoes at this place, 

 our beads were nearly done, so I sent to Syde to say that 

 all the Arabs had served me except himself. Thani bin 

 Suellim by his letter was anxious to send a canoe as soon 

 as I reached the Lake, and the only service I wanted of 

 Syde was to inform Thani, by one of his canoes, that I was 

 here very ill, and if I did not get to Ujiji to get proper 

 food and medicine I should die. Thani would send a canoe 

 as soon as he knew of my arrival I was sure : he replied 

 that he too would serve me : and sent some flour and two 

 fowls : he would come in two days and see what he could 

 do as to canoes. 



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