Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . IMPLEMENTS XTSED IN TUE LAND OF THE Paddle.—i2. Snnge, or Gourd.—3. Bellows.—4. Drum.—5. Stool.—6. Zeze (guitar).-7. Dhefo. A JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF THE MOON. 635 The whole body was palsied, powerless, motion-less, and the limbs appeared to wither and die;the feet had lost all sensation, except a throbbingand tingling as if pricked by a number of needlepoints; the arms refused to be directed by will,and to the hands the touch of cloth and stonewas the same. Gradually the attack spreadupward till it compressed the ribs. Thi
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . IMPLEMENTS XTSED IN TUE LAND OF THE Paddle.—i2. Snnge, or Gourd.—3. Bellows.—4. Drum.—5. Stool.—6. Zeze (guitar).-7. Dhefo. A JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF THE MOON. 635 The whole body was palsied, powerless, motion-less, and the limbs appeared to wither and die;the feet had lost all sensation, except a throbbingand tingling as if pricked by a number of needlepoints; the arms refused to be directed by will,and to the hands the touch of cloth and stonewas the same. Gradually the attack spreadupward till it compressed the ribs. This attwo months distance from medical aid, and, asCaptain Burton bitterly remembered, with thework of the expedition only half accomplished. The Arabs who were called in declared thecase not novel; it was a consequence of malaria,but beyond their skill. They only prophesiedthat in ten days he would be able to move. Onthe tenth he mounted his donkey. But it was ayear ere he could walk to any distance; andmore ere the numbness of extremities disappear-
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