328 JEALOUSY OF THE PORTUGUESE OFFICERS. 
The next morning I repaired to the governor, to thank 
him for hisreception, and his attentions; I had put on the 
clothes he had sent me. The effect produced on the inhabit- 
ants by this change of dress was astonishing. The preceding 
day the people had hooted me, but now I was saluted by every 
body I met ; I placed this honour to the account of my hat 
and coat, and I was surprised to find so striking a resemblance 
in this particular, between the civilized inhabitants of Bissao 
and those of the village of Faliloum. 
If the governor had viewed me in a favourable light, all the 
Portuguese at Bissao did not entertain similar sentiments, and 
but for the respect which the countenance of M. de Mattos 
procured me, I should have been obliged to leave this place. 
In every spot there are persons unhappily constituted and 
tormented by envy. Some of the officers, jealous of the 
fa^'ours shewn me by the governor, seized every opportunity 
of turning the conversation to circumstances, the remembrance 
of which would have been likely to exasperate a less magna- 
nimous mind than that of M. de Mattos, against a Frenchman. 
They recapitulated the taking of Lisbon by the French, and 
the appearance of one of our frigates at Bissao for the purpose 
of cannonading that fort. My situation was the more painful, 
as it was impossible for me to withdraw myself from these 
malicious observations so quickly as I could have Vvished. 
The effect of the continued rains, which fell during the months 
of August, September and October, added to the suffocating 
