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pharynx and the fwelling of the tonfils, flioW-* 
ed itfeif to be a quinfy. 
I thought myfelf loft. This dlfeafe iii 
Africa is ahp^oft always mortal, and, befides 
being more painful than in Europe, is of 
much longer continuance. What could I do 
in fuch alatming circum fiances, not only un^ 
fKilled as I was in phyfic, but deftitute of the 
remedies which the planters employed in fuch 
cafes ? 
My Hottentots, to whom all difeafes are the 
fame, and who confequently have but one 
method of cure, were defirous of employing 
it on the prefent occafion. It confifted in dip- 
ping napkins in boihng milk, and applying 
them fcaldlng hot round my neck. This 
treatment, which is their fovereign panacea, 
their uuiverfal remedy, was obferved for three 
days together. For three days I had the civi- 
lity to fufFer mylelf thus to he burnt ; but at 
length, fatigued and tortured to no purpofe, I 
refufed to fubmit any longer to the pain, and 
left myfelf entirely to nature. 
My fituation was become deplorable. I 
could fw allow nothing but a few drops of very- 
weak 
