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through the tepid air like cold water into a warm bath. 

 Again I suffered severely from swelling and numbness 

 of the extremities, and strength returned by tantalisingly 

 slow degrees. My companion was a martyr to obstinate 

 deafness and to a dimness of vision, which incapacitated 

 him from reading, writing, and observing correctly. 

 Both the Goanese were prostrated by fever, followed by 

 severe rheumatism and liver-pains. In the case of Valen- 

 tine, who, after a few hours lay deprived of sense and 

 sensation, quinine appearing useless — the malady only 

 changed from a quotidian to a tertian type — I resolved 

 to try the Tinctura Warburgii, which had been used with 

 such effect by Lieut.-Col. Hamerton at Zanzibar. " 0 

 true apothecary ! " The result was quasi-miraculous. 

 The anticipated paroxysm did not return ; the painful 

 emetism at once ceased ; instead of a death-like lethargy, 

 a sweet childish sleep again visited his aching eyes, and, 

 chief boon of all to those so affected, the corroding 

 thirst gave way to an appetite, followed by sound if not 

 strong digestion. Finally, the painful and dangerous 

 consequences of the disease were averted, and the sub- 

 sequent attacks were scarcely worthy of notice. I feel 

 bound in justice, after a personal experiment, which 

 ended similarly, to pay this humble tribute of gratitude 

 to Dr. Warburg's invaluable discovery. The Baloch, in 

 their turn, yielded to the effects of malaria, many com- 

 plained of ulcerations and prurigo, and their recovery 

 was protracted by a surfeit of food and its consequences. 

 But, under the influence of narcotics, tonics, and stimu- 

 lants, we presently progressed towards convalescence ; 

 and stronger than any physical relief, in my case, was 

 the moral effect of success, and the cessation of the 

 ghastly doubts and cares, and of the terrible wear and 

 tear of mind which, from the coast to Uvira, had never 



