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we would be welcomed at Mandala (Blantyre), and that 
a number of carriers had been sent to fetch our luggage. 
Mr. Moir added that our mode of reaching the coast 
would be a subject for our own decision ; because the 
steamer Lady Nyassa, of the lower river, was high and 
dry, undergoing repairs. The latest accounts told of 
war upon the river; but Mr. Moir said we might be 
assured he would give us every assistance in his power. 
At Matope a number of new cases lay on the river 
bank. They contained the outfit of Mr. Harris * of the 
London Missionary Society, a young clergyman who 
was bound for Lake Tanganyika. 
By this time it was evident that under present 
circumstances there would be some trouble in reaching 
the coast. M. Giraud and myself had common interests ; 
both of us had been deserted, and both were anxious to 
reach the coast. In my new found friend I could see 
many manly traits of character, and his whole demeanour 
was such as to encourage the forging of a link of good 
fellowship. We agreed to remain shoulder to shoulder 
and together find our way to the sea, a compact which 
I never had any cause to regret. Future progress I 
then thought would be child’s play compared with the 
weary past. 
With the change from solitude to companionship, 
from despair to hope, and from starvation to plenty, all 
doubt and all anxiety fled from my mind. This sudden 
revolution had been productive of good results : my 
dysentery had disappeared and the appetite had returned, 
so that I again felt quite fit for the road. 
For the benefit of those whom it may interest I may 
as well state the cure, which was given me by M. Giraud, 
who had himself suffered during the early stages of his 
long journey. The remedy consisted of one ounce of 
sulphate of soda, taken in doses of one ounce to begin 
with, and diminishing daily, the accompanying diet 
being rice-water only—the rice boiled out, strained, and 
allowed to cool. The treatment was a speedy remedy 
in my case. 
Since dead. 
