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2 of Asia. At four o'clock the same afternoon I returned to our
3 tent, and retired to rest at the ordinary time, in the enjoyment
4 of the best of health ; and I should have slept longer than
5 usual, if Madame Mouton had not come to awake me, and
6 announce that the camels were ready for our departure. The
7 moment I began to rise, I felt a pain in my groin ; and a
8 presentiment of having been infected with the plague, caused a
9 rush of blood towards my heart, so that I had the feeling of
10 one who had been stabbed with a dagger. The pain in the
11 groin, the fever and my anxiety increased rapidly ; and it was
12 with difficulty that I moved a few steps, in order to examine
13 the painful part, upon which I discovered some buboes, the size
14 of peas. I felt a burning pain, so I placed myself in the
15 kajaweh (basket) on my camel, and we departed. The station
16 we had to reach was five miles distant; the reason why we made
17 so short a journey was, that our only object was to quit the
18 region of the plague, and even now I look upon it as fortunate
19 that I was removed to a place where the healthy air probably
20 aided the effect of the medicine which I had taken. As soon
21 as we arrived at our station, I took some of the small pills
22 of the above-mentioned Strychnos Faba St. Ignatii. Although
23 Palee alone was infected by the plague, still the inhabitants
24 of the village did not allow us to enter it ; they, however,
25 brought us all we were in want of, and took the money from
26 our hands without any scruple. During my scientific excursion
27 to Palee, my fellow-travellers had shot some ducks on the
28 marshes, and these were prepared for our lunch. I was invited
29 to partake of the repast, but did not feel any inclination to
30 eat, as I was burning with fever, and my pain was almost
31 insupportable ; but not to cause suspicion, I took my place
32 at the table, and the bits which I conveyed with one hand to
33 my mouth, I transferred with the other to the napkin ; this
34 I performed with the skill of an adept. After dinner, I repeated
35 the dose of the same medicine, laid down, and covered myself
36 all over, and in a short time I began to perspire to such a
37 degree, that my mattress was wetted through. In consequence