eg.; but along the
spine and at the nape of the neck 103 Deg. The internal processes were
all, with the exception of the kidneys and liver, stopped; the latter,
in its efforts to free the blood of noxious particles, often secretes
enormous quantities of bile. There were pains along the spine, and
frontal headache. Anxious to ascertain whether the natives possessed
the knowledge of any remedy of which we were ignorant, I requested the
assistance of one of Sekeletu's doctors. He put some roots into a pot
with water, and, when it was boiling, placed it on a spot beneath a
blanket thrown around both me and it. This produced no immediate effect;
he then got a small bundle of different kinds of medicinal woods, and,
burning them in a potsherd nearly to ashes, used the smoke and hot vapor
arising from them as an auxiliary to the other in causing diaphoresis.
I fondly hoped that they had a more potent remedy than our own medicines
afford; but after being stewed in their vapor-baths, smoked like a red
herring over green twigs, and charmed 'secundem artem', I concluded that
I could cure the fever more quickly than they can. If we employ a wet
sheet and a mild aperient in combination with quinine, in addition to
the native remedies, they are an important aid in curing the fever, as
they seem to have the same stimulating effects on the alimentary
canal as these means have on the external surface. Purgatives, general
bleedings, or indeed any violent remedies, are injurious; and the
appearance of a herpetic eruption near the mouth is regarded as an
evidence that no internal organ is in danger. There is a good deal in
not "giving in" to this disease. He who is low-spirited, and apt to
despond at every attack, will die sooner than the man who is not of such
a melancholic nature.

The Makololo had made a garden and planted maize for me, that, as they
remarked when I was parting with them to proceed to the Cape, I might
have food to eat when I returned, as well as other people. The maize was
now pounded by the women into fine meal. This they do in large wooden
mortars, the counterpart of which may be seen depicted on the Egyptian
monuments.* Sekeletu added to this good supply of meal ten or twelve
jars of honey, each of which contained about two gallons. Liberal
supplies of ground-nuts ('Arachis hypogoea') were also furnished every
time the tributary tribes brought their dues to Linyanti, and an ox was
given for slaughter every week or t