AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
“ How stiff his limbs are ! I’m afraid we have found 
him too late. Rub away hard ! Jan, rub his hands 
like this. Now, Kert, lift him up while I give him the 
brandy. 
“ How tight his teeth are set together ! I don’t 
know how to give him the brandy. Hold his head over 
that way. Good ; I think he has swallowed some. 
Give me the bottle, Jan : the spoon is between his teeth. 
Now he has had a good dose. Lay him down gently ; 
now we must all rub as hard as we can ! ” 
That was his favourite cure for everything. Pre- 
sently a pricking sensation came into my hands and 
feet, like “ pins and needles ” ; then I could feel the 
friction of their hands. Old Death had knocked at my 
door too soon, and would have to call again ! 
“ Rub away ! ” cried Lulu. “ I can feel the flesh 
getting warm. Look, his lips are moving ! He is 
Coming; to. He will not die ! ” 
With my sense of touch, my sight also began to 
return, and I could see a diffused kind of light like 
when you look at the sunlight with your eyes shut. I 
tried to close my eyes, but could not. I still had no 
power to move, nor could I speak, though I could feel 
my lips trembling. Then they lifted me up again and 
more brandy was poured into my mouth ; this time I 
could feel them lifting me, and tried to help myself, 
but could not. I attempted to swallow, but failed, 
though I felt the brandy going down my throat ; a 
few minutes later, however, I could open and shut 'my 
eyes, and then recovered the use of my tongue and 
throat muscles. The first thing I said was “ Castor 
oil,” which Lulu administered in the same way as the 
brandy. Luckily I could not taste it. An hour or so 
later I could move my hands and arms, and before day- 
light was able to sit up. All was dark, save for the 
dim light of the lamp, by the aid of which I could see 
what a look of satisfaction came over Lulu’s face as I 
gazed round and said, “ I’m all right ; give me some- 
thing to eat.” He had been watching me all the night, 
and had anticipated my want by having a tin of warm 
