DEATH OF ADEIENNE, THE BAEONNE DE CAPELLAN. 43 
no voice^ no strength_, unable to eat ; sigbs not to be controlled ; 
and such bome-yearnings ! Petberick acquainted you witb tbe 
death of dear Miss Capellan, It seems a dream. One morning I 
received a tiny note from ber vrisbing to see me ; I went at once^, 
sbe was in bed^ and knew me not for a few minutes ; I saw tbat 
she was very ill. I dispatched a messenger to Miss Tinne; sent 
for tbe Doctor^ and apprised Monsieur Thibaut, 
The Doctor soon came_, and laughed at my fears : be said it 
was only a little fever; but in three hours she was dead — the 
following day was buried. All the Europeans attended the funeral 
of Miss von Capellan_, which took place the following day. I send 
you the sermon that was preached here in her presence the day 
before her deaths also the oration which was read at her grave.^^ 
Poor Miss Tinners grief is bitter. 
The ^ Kathleen ^ has arrived^ but not Baker ; he has proceeded 
farther south_, and will not return_, so the traders say^ until next 
season. We shall now proceed in the M^lathleen^ to Berber^ and 
thus escape a long land journey^ which would kill me. How from 
that place we travel I can give you no idea ; it depends upon my 
health. Petherick talks of the Souakim route to the Bed Sea;, 
thence steamer to Suez : this is a quick journey^ and water through 
the desert every second day. Eoxcroft gets about a little now : he 
is pale and wan.^^ 
June hth. 
Our men who came down with the ^ Kathleen ^ tell us 
that my former handmaiden;, the wife of Wod Ali_, gave birth to 
twin children^ and then died, Petherick keeps up wonderfully;, 
