AFRICA. 4ig 
V/ere putting to his waggon, I ordered mine 
to be yoked Mo. My pains hourly increafed. 
They had already very much weakened me, 
and 1 began to be alarmed. What would be- 
come of me, (liould I be attacked with a ferlous 
malady ! I had but one refource, that of reaching 
the colony, if poffible, before it declared itfelf. 
I fet ofF, therefore, immediately ; and, being 
too feeble to mount on horfeback, I at firR lay 
at my length in the waggon. But it was not 
poflible for me to bear its motion. My head- 
ach was fd violent, and the jolting gave me fo 
much pain, that I found it neceflary to leave 
it and mount one of my horfes, notwithftand- 
ing my weaknefs. In this manner I arrived 
at the mountains of Kaufli, near the brook 
which, taking its rife in thefe mountains^ bears 
the fame name. 
I longed to alight, that I might lie down. 
The fatigue of the journey and the heat of 
the day had made me worfe. I felt myfelf in 
a burning fever, and experienced extreme pain 
^ in fwallowing, vv^hich I at firft fuppcfed to be 
a common fore-throat, but which, in the eourfe 
of the night, from the inflammation of the 
E e 2 pharynx 
