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CHAPTER III. 
June 14th. — I halted at Fankia, in order to give the sick 
a little rest, knowing there was a steep hill to ascend near 
this place. Found myself very sick, having been feverish 
all night. , , „ 
Observed mer. alt. Sun, - 159 39 0 
79 49 Oi 
0 16 0 
80 5 30 
Z. D. - 9 55 30 
D. - - 23 17 0 
Latitude - 13 22 30 
Bought corn for the asses, and plenty of fowls for the sick. 
June 15th. — Left Fankia ; men still very sickly, and 
some of them slightly delirious. About a mile N. E. of 
this village is the passage in the Tambaura mountains, 
called Toombinjeena. The ascent is very steep and rocky: 
the perpendicular of the steepest place would not much 
exceed three hundred feet. The asses being heavily loaded, 
in order to spare as many as possible for the sick, we had 
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