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