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which shook tho doors and windows and mado tko glasses 
jingle. Both Teto and Senna havo hot springs in thei* 
vicinity, but tho shocks seemed to corao, not from thorn, 
but from the east, and proceed to the west. Thoy are pio- 
bably connected with tho active volcanoes in tho island of 
Bourbon. 
Having waited a month for tho commencement of th« 
healthy season at Kilimano, I would havo started at the 
beginning of April, but tarried a fow days, in order that the 
moon might mako her appearance and enablo mo to take 
lunar observations on my way down tho river. A sudden 
chango of temperature happening on tho 4th, simultane- 
ously with tho appearance of tho new moon, tho command 
ant and myself, with nearly every person in tho houso, 
wero laid up with a sovoro attack of fever. I soon re- 
covered by tho uso of my wonted romodios; but Major 
Sicard and his littlo boy wero confined much longer. 
Thero was a general fall of 4° of temperature from the 
middlo of March, 84° at 9 a.m., and 87° at 9 r.M., — tho 
greatest heat being 90° at mid-day, and tho lowest 81° at 
sunriso. It affordod mo pleasure to attend tho invalids iD 
their sickness, — though I was unable to show a titho of the 
gratitude I felt for tho commandant's increasing kindness. 
Tho commandant provided for tho journey most abun- 
dantly, and gave orders to Lieutenant Miranda that I 
should not bo allowed to pay for any thing all tho way to 
tho coast, and sent messages to his friends Scnhors Ferrao, 
Isidore, Asovcdo, and Nunes, to treat mo as thoy would 
himself. From every one of these gentlemen I am happy 
to acknowledge that I rccoivcd most disinterested kind- 
ness, and I ought to speak well forever of Portuguese hos- 
pitality. I havo noted each littlo act of civility received, 
becauso, somehow or other, wo havo come to hold tho Por- 
tuguese character in rather a low estimation. This may 
havo arisen partly from tho portinacity with which somo 
of them havo pursuod tho slavo-trado, and partly from the 
eontrast which they now offer to their illustrious ancestors, 
