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then a little better, but the fever still continued, and 
obstinately refused to yield to the usual remedies. At 
10, Lobossi sent to request me to appear before his great 
Council, which he had convened expressly in order that 
1 might lay my projects before it. Again did Gambella, 
who presided at the meeting, try to confuse me, but with 
no better success than before. I had, however, to give 
Gambella and the other members of the Board a lecture 
in Geography. I traced upon the ground the course of 
the Zambesi, and to the east, running parallel to it, the 
course of the Loengue, which, under the name of Calucuo, 
went to my couch with a great increase of fever. A per¬ 
fect crowd of people came to visit me, and, as there was 
nothing to be done but to listen to them—for the negroes 
have no consideration for any one who is ill,—I rapidly 
grew worse. Lobossi sent me six oxen, the flesh of which 
was all stolen by his men, for the major part of my people 
were away constructing the encampment, and Augusto, 
Verissimo and Caiumbuca were too drunk to attend to 
anything. 
Early next morning, the King came to see me. I was 
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