68 IV. JULY, 1913— JANUARY, 1914 
the voyage, of the colonial import duty, of conveyance 
up the river, and allowance for the general losses which 
result from heat or water in the hold or from rough 
handling at the ports. 
Our health continues excellent ; not a trace of fever, 
though we need a few days’ rest. 
Just as I close this chapter there arrives at the 
station an old man with leprosy. He and his wife 
have come from the Fernando Vaz lagoon, which lies 
south of Cape Lopez and is connected with Ogowe by 
one of its smaller mouths. The poor creatures have 
rowed themselves 250 miles upstream to visit the 
doctor, and can hardly stand for exhaustion. 
