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invaluable in fever, and never produces any unpleasant 

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

 bination with 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 £150 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 Mauritius, which I thankfully accepted. Sekwebu 

 and one attendant 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 civilization, 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 in case of accident. The waves were 

 so high that, when the cutter was in one trough, and we 

 in the pinnace in another, her mast was hid. We then 

 mounted to the crest of the wave, rushed down the slope, 



