Chap. XXXH. 
EFFECTS OF FEVER. 
671 
My fever became excessively severe, in consequence of tra¬ 
velling in the hot sun, and the long grass blocking up the narrow 
path, so as to exclude the air. The pulse beat with amazing 
force, and felt as if thumping against the crown of the head. 
The stomach and spleen swelled enormously, giving me, for the 
first time, an appearance which I had been disposed to laugh at 
among the Portuguese. At Interra we met Senhor Asevedo, a 
man who is well known by all who ever visited Kilimane, and 
who was presented with a gold chronometer watch by the Ad¬ 
miralty, for his attentions to English officers. He immediately 
tendered his large sailing launch, which had a house in the stern. 
Tliis was greatly in my favour, for it anchored in the middle of 
the stream, and gave me some rest from the mosquitoes, which 
navigable further up, but they did not proceed. It is quite possible for 
a moderate-sized vessel to cross the bar at spring-tides, and be perfectly 
landlocked and hidden amongst the trees. 
“ The Maiiido, in 18° 52' S,, 36° 12’ E., is not mentioned in Ilorsburgh, nor 
laid down in the Admiralty chart, but is, nevertheless, one of some import¬ 
ance, and appears to be one of the principal stations for shipping slaves, 
as the boats found two barracoons, about 20 miles up, bearing every 
indication of having been very recently occupied, and which had good 
presumptive evidence that the ‘ Cauraigo,’ a brig under American colours, 
had embarked a cargo from thence but a short time before. This river is 
fronted by a portion of the Elephant Shoals, at the distance of three or 
four miles outside. The eastern bank is formed by level sea-cliffs (as seen 
from the ship it has that appearance), high for this part of the coast, and 
conspicuous. The western side is composed of thick trees, and terminates 
in dead wood, from which we called it ‘ Dead-wood Point.’ After crossing 
the bar it branches off in a W. and N.W. direction, the latter being the 
principal arm, up which the boats went some 30 miles, or about 10 
beyond the barracoon. Fresh water can be obtained almost immediately 
inside the entrance, as the stream runs down very rapidly with the ebb¬ 
tide. The least water crossing the bar (low-water—springs) was fathom, 
one cast only therefrom from 2 to 5 fathoms, another 7 fathoms nearly 
the whole way up. 
“ The Catrina, lat. 18° 50' S., long. 36° 24' E. The external appearance of 
this river is precisely similar to that of the Maiudo, so much so, that it is 
difficult to distinguish them by any feature of the land. The longitude 
is the best guide, or, in the absence of observation, perhaps the angles 
contained by the extremes of land will be serviceable. Thus, at nine 
miles off the Maiudo the angle contained by the above was seven points, 
the bearing being N.E. W. of IST.W. (?) ; whilst off the Catrina, at the same 
distance from shore (about nine miles), the angle was only 31 to 4 points, 
being N. to N.W. As we did not send the boats up this river, no informa¬ 
tion was obtained.” 
