I Endeavoured As Much As
Possible To Conceal My Distress; But On The Third Day After My
Arrival, As I
Was going with Karfa to visit some of his friends, I
found myself so faint that I could scarcely walk,
And before we
reached the place I staggered and fell into a pit, from which the
clay had been taken to build one of the huts. Karfa endeavoured to
console me with the hopes of a speedy recovery, assuring me that if
I would not walk out in the wet I should soon be well. I determined
to follow his advice, and confine myself to my hut, but was still
tormented with the fever, and my health continued to be in a very
precarious state for five ensuing weeks. Sometimes I could crawl
out of the hut, and sit a few hours in the open air; at other times
I was unable to rise, and passed the lingering hours in a very
gloomy and solitary manner. I was seldom visited by any person
except my benevolent landlord, who came daily to inquire after my
health.
When the rains became less frequent, and the country began to grow
dry, the fever left me, but in so debilitated a condition that I
could scarcely stand upright; and it was with great difficulty that
I could carry my mat to the shade of a tamarind-tree, at a short
distance, to enjoy the refreshing smell of the cornfields, and
delight my eyes with a prospect of the country.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 54 of 167
Words from 14594 to 14848
of 45368
