606 UvinGSTONK HAS FEVER. 



Having waited a month for the commencement of the 

 healthy season at Kilimane, I would have started at the 

 beginning of April, but tarried a few days in order that 

 the moon might make her appearance, and enable me 

 to take lunar observations on my way down the river. 

 A sudden change of temperature happening on the 4th, 

 simultaneously with the appearance of the new moon, 

 the Commandant and myself, with nearly every person in 

 the house, were laid up with a severe attack of fever. 

 I soon recovered by the use of my wonted remedies, but 

 Major Sicard and his little boy were confined much longer. 

 There was a general fall of 4 of temperature from the 

 middle of March, 84 at 9 a.m. and 87 ° at 9 p.m. ; the 

 greatest heat being 90 at mid-day, and the lowest 8i° at 

 sunrise. It afforded me pleasure, to attend the invalids in 

 their sickness, though I was unable to show a tithe of 

 the gratitude I felt for the Commandant's increasing 

 kindness. My quinine and other remedies were nearly 

 all expended, and no fresh supply was to be found here, 

 there being no doctors at Tete, and only one apothecary 

 with the troops, whose stock of medicine was also small. 

 The Portuguese, however, informed me that they had the 

 cinchona bark growing in their country — that there was a 

 little of it to be found at Tete — whole forests of it at 

 Senna and near the delta of Kilimane. It seems quite a 



applied to such miniature specimens. We do not therefore consider 

 this as more than half treated, its fibre consequently remaining yet 

 harsh, and coarse, and stiff, as compared with what it would be if 

 treated in quantity. 



Judging that it would be satisfactory to you to be in possession of 

 the best practical opinion to be obtained on such a subject, we took 

 the liberty of forwarding your little specimens to Messrs. Marshall, of 

 Leeds, who have kindly favoured us with the following observations 

 on them : — 



" We have examined the samples you sent us yesterday, and think 

 the Conge or aloe fibre would be of no use to us, but the Buaze fibre 

 appears to resemble flax, and as prepared by you will be equal to flax 

 worth 50/. or 60/. per ton, but we could hardly speak positively to the 

 value unless we had I cwt. or 2 cwt. to try on our machinery. How- 

 ever, we think the result is promising, and we hope further inquiry 

 will be made as to the probable supply of the material." 



W 7 e are, dear Sir, 



Your very obedient servants, 



The Rev. Dr. Livingstone. Pye, Brothers. 



