. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. THE EUROPEAN SETTLERS 167 I was going to have a tremendous cold. I am staying at Major McClear's and he told me at once I was in for a dose of fever, made me go to bed, gave me a purge and put hot water bottles at my feet. Then I began to get awfully hot —my temperature went up to 102 degrees—and after that came a sweat which soaked all the bed clothes, and then I felt a bit better and wanted to get up but they advised me to stay in bed. I see
. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. THE EUROPEAN SETTLERS 167 I was going to have a tremendous cold. I am staying at Major McClear's and he told me at once I was in for a dose of fever, made me go to bed, gave me a purge and put hot water bottles at my feet. Then I began to get awfully hot —my temperature went up to 102 degrees—and after that came a sweat which soaked all the bed clothes, and then I felt a bit better and wanted to get up but they advised me to stay in bed. I seemed all right the next morning except that my ears were singing, but towards evening again I felt beastly bad. I went to bed and vomited ever so many times, and thought I was going to die. A doctor came to see me and found my temperature 103 degrees : he brought it down with a dose of phenacitine. Eventually I got to sleep and woke up much better, but I was down again the third day though not so bad. After that I felt. ...• •:• SHARKER S STORE AT KATUNCA very weak and looked very yellow for a day or two, and then my appetite came back and now I am just as fit as it is possible to be—a tremendous appetite and think the country is the finest in the world though I can tell you whilst I had the fever on me I made an awful ass of myself, telling them all I was going to die and sending all sorts of messages to my people ! I hear everybody does that when he has fever and no one seems inclined to make fun of you on that account. "Well: I have bought my land—500 acres at $s. makes ^125. I shall have to pay the Stamp Duties and eventually the cost of a survey. All this will come to about another £20—say in all ^"150. I have arranged to live with old McClear (it is awfully kind of him to propose it) and learn the business whilst my own estate is being got ready. He will give me a room and my board, and during all the time that I can spare off my own land I am to
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