1 journey to Hyderabad, with a camel caravan. At that town I
2 stayed for a lew days, ami made the acquaintance ot' a Persian
3 Eihir, who gaVe me (some letters of introduction to one of the
4 most respectable house' at Heirpore, which 1 had to pass on my
5 journey from Hyderabad to Moulton. At the former place I
6 hired two camels. The road was always at a distance from the
7 river, and we were therefore frequently obliged to drink stagnant
8 and stinking water, and on account of the heat; at this time being
9 the month of February, we travelled by night only, and rest
10 during the day. In consequence of this, I was tormented
11 witli costive-.teas, an internal burning, and an excessive longing
12 for acid drinks. I accordingly prepared some tamarind whey,
13 but it operated on me like poison ; for after much vomiting, I
14 dhehaiged n quantity of blood, and fainted away, falling flown
15 beneath a tree in the forest, in which state I was found by the
16 people, who had been for a long time in search of me. They
17 brought me to the camp, where the camels stood ready for our
18 departure, as this happened only a short time before sun-set.
19 My tongue was parched, and I felt an acute pain in my right
20 ■side, which led me to believe that I had an inflammation of the
21 liver; beside which, J had become very weak, in consequence of
22 the loss of blood,, so that 1 was unabU to walk w ithout assist¬
23 ance.
24 1 desired my camel-driver to procure some leeches, but he
25 could only console me with the hope of getting them on the
26 following morning, at Heirpore. As I was quite exhausted, and
27 unable to mount the camel without assistance, I ordered my
28 servant to place himself behind u.c on the animal to prevent
29 toy falling off. But as he was socn asleep, and the slightest
30 accident would have caused us both to fall, I ordered him to
31 •Mount his own camel, and to bind me safely on mine, where I
32 passed a sleepless night, being unable to articulate a word
33 without having previously moistened my tongue with water,
34 which I had always near me. At break of day, oh our arrival
35 Heirpore, 1 was conducted to the house to which I had my
36 'eltci of introduction already mentioned, and the first favor I