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the last to arrive^ he being at the end of our column_, numbering 
some two hundred. Petherick was still unconscious^ but where he 
had fallen the Doctor ordered that the tent should be put up. The 
small open space was barely sufficient for ourselves and immediate 
personal servants,, so the bulk of our followers continued their 
march to the nearest village: the chiefs called Wermerij on their 
arrival, speedily set forth to our aid, bringing with him fowls and 
vegetables. A long time elapsed ere Petherick returned To con- 
sciousness. After a sharp attack of ague, followed by perspiration, 
the sufferer was relieved, and able to proceed at five p.m. to the 
village close by, called Jamba, in Mari, where we were cordially 
welcomed and hospitably treated. The women were very kind to 
me, during the stay of two days we were compelled to make, as 
Petherick experienced violent and frequent returns of fever. 
On Sunday the we resumed the march at 7.15 a.m., full of 
hope that ere sunset our own station would be reached. Many 
villages were passed; the country was lovely, well wooded and 
undulating. 
We had travelled nearly an hour, when the bed of a dried-up 
stream, well shadowed, induced us to halt twenty minutes. 
Again through beautiful country; and in less than an hour 
reached another river-bed, in which were deep pools of clear cold 
water, refreshing draughts from which we availed ourselves of. 
Again a start, when in half an hour came to a flowing stream, 
making music over rocks : we could not choose but stop to listen to 
the murmuring ripples. Loads were thrown down, and a rush was 
made by all to plunge into the water. Here it was determined to 
remain during the heat of the day, and my handmaidens soon 
found a cosy nook to which I was conducted, there to revel in the 
