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when it was boiling, placed it on a spot beneath a blanket 
thrown around both mo and it. This produced no im- 
mediate effect: ho then got a small bundle of different 
kinds of medicinal woods, and, burning them in a potshor 
nearly to ashes, used the smoko and hot vapor aiising fioin 
them as an auxiliary to the other in causing diaphoresis 
I fondly hoped that they had a more potent remedy than 
our own medicines afford; but after being stewed in their 
vapor-baths, smoked like a red herring over green twigs, 
and charmed secundum artem, I concluded that 1 could cure 
the fever moro quickly than they can. If wo employ a w ot 
sheet and a mild aperient in combination with quinine, in 
addition to the native remedies, they aro an important aid 
in curing the fever, as they seem to have tho same stimu- 
lating effects on the alimentary canal as these means havo 
on tho external surface. Purgatives, general bleeding, or 
indeed any violent remedies, are injurious; and tho ap- 
pearance of a herpetic eruption near the mouth is regaidcd 
as an ovidenco that no internal organ is in danger. There 
is a good deal in not “giving in” to this diseaso. Ho who 
is low-spirited, and apt to despond at every attack, will die 
sooner than the man who is not of such a melancholic nature. 
Tho Makololo had mado a garden and planted maize for 
mo, that, as they remarked when I was parting with them 
to proceed to tho Capo, I might havo food to eat when 1 
returned, as well as other people. Tho maize was now 
pounded by tho women into fine meal. This they do in 
large wooden mortars, tho counterpart of which may bo 
soon depicted on tho Egyptian monuments. Sekcletu added 
to this good supply of meal ten or twelve jars of honey, 
each of which contained about two gallons. Liberal sup 
plies of groundnuts wore also furnished every timo the 
tributary tribes brought their dues to Linyauti, and an ox 
was given for slaughter every week or two. Sekelctu also 
appropriated two cows to bo milked for us every morning 
and evening. This was in accordance with tho acknow 
ledged rule throughout the country, that the chief should 
