It Had Been Very Dry Lately, With Not A Drop Of Rain And
Hardly A Cloud To Be Seen, But Just As We Were Starting It Came On To
Rain In Torrents And This Meant That The Rainy Season Had Set In.
It
seemed as if the very elements were against us, and even Vic seemed
struck with our various difficulties.
I was sick and feverish, and
my head felt like a lump of lead, as I plodded mechanically along in
the rain through the tall wet grass. I felt no keenness to see these
people at the time, fever removes all that, but I had so got it into
my head before the fever that I must go at all hazards, that I felt
somehow as if I was obeying someone else. We passed my old residence
a short way off, and I stayed the night at the Negrito chief's hut,
which I reached long after dark. He seemed very glad to see me again,
and turned out most of his family and relations to make room for
me. My troubles were not yet ended, as the two Filipinos whom I had
engaged to carry my food and bedding could not start till late, and
consequently lost their way, and were discovered in the forest by
some Negritos, who went in search of them about 2 a.m. Meanwhile I
had to lie on the hard ground in my wet clothes, and as I got very
cold a fresh attack of fever resulted.
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