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Title: Travels in the interior of Africa, to the sources of the Senegal and Gambia; performed by command of the French Government, in the year 1818
Year: 1820 (1820s)
Authors: Mollien, Gaspard Théodore, comte de, 1796-1872 Bowdich, T. Edward (Thomas Edward), 1791-1824 ed. cn Berthier, Pierre Eyriès, J. B. B. (Jean Baptiste Benoît), 1767-1846. cn
Subjects: Scientific expeditions
Publisher: London, H. Colburn & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
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ants rushed out of their huts ; Ave saw thestorm in the east like a thick fog-, enveloping the highestmountains from our sig-ht ; it approached ; the mass of waterwhich advanced was prodigious, but its progress was so slowthat we had time to quit our own hut, and seek refuge inBoubous, w^hich Avas more substantial. We had scarcelyentered, Avhen the frightful spectacle of a deluge presenteditself; the rain descended in torrents ; hail augmented thehorror of the scene ; the cattle, not knowing where to findshelter, uttered dismal moans ; in an instant the ground wasinundated. It is impossible in temperate climates to form anyidea of the quantity of rain which falls for six months of theyear in the tropical regions of Africa. The humidity whichis thus difliised throughout the atmosphere, is tbe most formi-dable obstacle to the progress of Europeans in this part of theworld, in consequence of the diseases which it engendersamong them. I was obliged to stay at Bandeia to sell my horse, and
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DANGEROUS ILLNESS OF THE AUTHOR. 271 procure a guide; the anxiety arising from this compulsorydelay, added to the extreme dampness of my hut, into whichthe rain penetrated through the crevices in the roof, gave mea violent attack of fever. I had recourse to the remedy fromwhich I had before experienced such salutary effects ; Itook a strong dose of the infusion of tamarinds, but per-ceived with alarm that my fever increased. I then thought oftaking some bark of which I had had the precaution to bringwith me a small packet, but my mortification can scarcely beimagined, when, on searching the leather bag into which it hadbeen put, it was not to be found. I then believed myself with-out resource. My situation actually grew worse ; on the 8thof May a dysentery succeeded ; I had no other remedy athand, and no other food than a little rice and water. Such adiet soon exhausted my strength. On the 11th, after lyingdown on a bundle of straw, of which my Negro had made mea bed, I wrote my last

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