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! liundi’ed) were sufficient for all the crew for two days. 
I At Carvoeiro I staid a day to get my guns mended, some 
large hooks made, and the tolda (which the Indians 
had made very badly in Barra) repaired. Senhor Vas- 
I concellos gave me a curious fiat-headed species of river- 
! tortoise I had not before met with ; he had kept it in a 
1 small pond two years, having brought it from the lower 
:! Amazon. Here I had strong symptoms of fever, and 
' expected I was going to have an attack of the much- 
! dreaded ‘ seizaos,’ for which Carvoeiro is a noted loca- 
lity. Looking after the arrangement of the canoe in the 
' hot sun did not do me much good ; and shortly after 
j! leaving, I found myself quite knocked up, with headache, 
pains in the back and limbs, and violent fever. I had 
I commenced operations that morning by taking some 
i purgative medicine, and the next day I began taking 
j doses of quinine, drinking plentifully cream of tartar 
j water, though I was so weak and apathetic that at times 
I could hardly muster resolution to move myself to pre- 
; pare them. It is at such times that one feels the want 
I of a friend or attendant ; for of course it is impossible 
I to get the Indians to do these little things without so 
I much explanation and showing as would require more 
exertion than doing them oneself. By dint however of 
another purge, an emetic, washing and bathing, and 
I quinine three times a day, I succeeded in subduing the 
I fever ; and in about four days had only a little weakness 
I left, which in a day or two more quite passed away. All 
i this time the Indians went on with the canoe as they 
* liked ; for during two days and nights I hardly cared if 
we sank or swam. While in that apathetic state I was 
