The Temperature Was Not Much Lower Than That On The
Shores Of The Lake Below, 76 Degrees Being The Mean Temperature Of
The Day, 52 Degrees The Lowest, And 82 Degrees The Highest During The
Twenty-Four Hours; At The Lake It Was About L0 Degrees Higher.
Of
the symptoms they complained of - pains everywhere - nothing could be
made.
And yet it was evident that they had good reason for saying
that they were ill. They scarified almost every part of their bodies
as a remedial measure; medicines, administered on the supposition
that their malady was the effect of a sudden chill, had no effect,
and in two days one of them actually died in consequence of, as far
as we could judge, a change from a malarious to a purer and more
rarefied atmosphere.
As we were on the slave route, we found the people more churlish than
usual. On being expostulated with about it, they replied, "We have
been made wary by those who come to buy slaves." The calamity of
death having befallen our party, seemed, however, to awaken their
sympathies. They pointed out their usual burying-place, lent us
hoes, and helped to make the grave. When we offered to pay all
expenses, they showed that they had not done these friendly offices
without fully appreciating their value; for they enumerated the use
of the hut, the mat on which the deceased had lain, the hoes, the
labour, and the medicine which they had scattered over the place to
make him rest in peace.
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