THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 29 
- Tr was the 4th of November when the fervant of Achmet 
returned in a boat from Arkeeko, and with him four ja- 
nizaries. He was not yet well, and was very defirous to fee 
me. He fufpected either that he was poifoned or bewitch- 
ed, and had tried many: charms without good effect. We 
arrived at Arkeeko about eleven, paffed the door of the 
Naybe without challenge, and found Achmet in his own 
houfe, il of an intermitting fever, under the very worft of 
regimens... 
He was much apprelienfive that he fhould die, or lofe 
the ufe of his limbs as‘ Emir Achmet had done: the fame 
woman, a Shiho, and a: witch, was, he faid, the occafion of 
both. “If Achmet, your uncle, had loft the ufe of his 
tongue, faid I, it would have faved him a great deal of im- 
proper difcourfe in the divan.” His head ached violently, 
and he could only fay, “ Aye! aye! the old mifcreant knew 
I was ill, or that would not have happened.” I gave Ach: 
met proper remedies to eafe his’ pains and his ftomach, and 
the next morning began with bark.. 
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Tus medicine operates quickly here; nay, even the-bark 
that remains, after the ftronger fpiritous tincture is drawn 
from it, feems to anfwer the purpofe: very little worfe than 
did the’ firft. I ftaid here till. the 6th in the morning, at 
which time he was free from the fever. I left him, how- 
ever, fome dofes to prevent its return; and he told me, on 
the 7th, he would’ come: to Mafuah with boats and men to 
bring us with our baggage to Arkecko, and free us frora. 
the bondage of Mafuah, 
Urom 
