We Feared That In
Experimenting He Had Over-Drugged Himself; But We Gave Him A Dose Of
Our Fever Pills; On The Third Day He Rode The One Of The Two Donkeys
That Would Allow Itself To Be Mounted, And On The Sixth He Marched As
Well As Any Of Us.
This case is mentioned in order to illustrate
what we have often observed, that moving the patient from place to
place is most conducive to the cure; and the more pluck a man has -
the less he gives in to the disease - the less likely he is to die.
Supplied with water by the pools in the Podebode, we again joined the
Zambesi at the confluence of the rivulet. When passing through a dry
district the native hunter knows where to expect water by the animals
he sees. The presence of the gemsbuck, duiker or diver, springbucks,
or elephants, is no proof that water is near; for these animals roam
over vast tracts of country, and may be met scores of miles from it.
Not so, however, the zebra, pallah, buffalo, and rhinoceros; their
spoor gives assurance that water is not far off, as they never stray
any distance from its neighbourhood. But when amidst the solemn
stillness of the woods, the singing of joyous birds falls upon the
ear, it is certain that water is close at hand.
Our men in hunting came on an immense herd of buffaloes, quietly
resting in the long dry grass, and began to blaze away furiously at
the astonished animals.
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