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THE FEVER. 
CHAPTER X 
SICKNESS OF DK. LIVINGSTONE ACCOUNT OF SEKELETU ANT 
HIS SUBJECTS. 
On tho 3Cth of May I was seized witli fovcr, for the first 
timo. Wo readied tho town of Linyanti on tho 23d; and, 
as my habits wore suddenly changed from great exertion tc 
comparative inactivity, at tho commencement of tho cold 
season I suffered from a sovero attack of stoppage of tho 
secretions, closely resomhling a common cold. Warm baths 
and drinks relieved mo, and I had no idea but that I was 
now recovering from tho effects of a chill got by leaving 
the warm wagon in tho evening in order to conduct family 
worship at my people’s firo. But on tho 2d of Juno a 
rolapso showed to tho Malcololo, who know tho complaint, 
that my indisposition was no other than tho fever, with 
which I havo sinco mado a moro intimato acquaintance. 
Cold east winds prevail at this time ; and as they como 
over tho oxtensivo flats inundatod by tho Chobe, as well as 
many other districts whore pools of rain-water aro now 
drying up, they may be supposed to bo loaded with mala- 
ria and watery vapor, and many cases of fever follow. Tho 
usual symptoms of stopped secretion aro manifested, — ■ 
shivering and a feeling of coldness, though the skin is 
quite hot to tho touch of another. Tho heat in tho axill®. 
over tho heart and region of tho stomach, was in my caso 
100°, but along tho spiuo and at tho nape of the neck 103° 
Tho internal processes wero all, with the exception of tho 
kidneys and liver, stopped; tho latter, in its efforts to froo 
the blood of noxious particles, often secretes enormous 
quantities of bile. There wero pains along tho spine, and 
frontal headache. Anxious to ascertain whether tho natives 
possessed tho knowledge of any remedy of which we wen- 
ignorant, I requested tho assistance of one of Sckeletu’a 
doctors He put some roots into a pot with water, and. 
