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such as one could wish is unobtainable.” H, 
meanwhile had several sharp turns. He was 
really very ill when suffering from an attack, 
for his was accompanied by violent retching ; 
but he rarely was down longer than one day at a 
time. It was most fortunate that we were never 
at the worst together, — one was always able to 
help the other a little. Our men suffered con- 
siderably too, Kobez, however, made the slight- 
est feverishness a cloak for his laziness, and often 
would not cook for us when he was best able of 
any ; while to wash he refused point - blank, 
saying it always made him ill. Karl we have 
not found very obliging, but Lopez is alwaj's 
equal to an emergency. One day he came back 
from the hunt, and found me alone in the house 
making an attempt to prepare some fish, for we 
had had no food cooked that day. He tried 
to rout out the lazy Kobez, but even liis efforts 
failing, he carried off the fish to the kitchen, 
himself cooked them, and served dinner most 
creditably. 
I have frequently mentioned the yellow locks 
of the men. They are dyed by a preparation of 
cocoa-nut ash and lime, a fresh application 
being required once in three or four days to keep 
the rich golden colour. Some have straight 
