I
think this to be the chief reason of his death; at least, he
seems not to have had a regular fever. He was happy to reach
the large town of Rangarvia after a journey of three short
days, and had the intention of returning from here directly
to Tripoli, without touching at Kuka and the low, hot plain
of Bornou, which he was affrightened of very much. He
offered two hundred mahboubs for a guide to conduct him
directly to the road to Bilma; but there being no road from
here, and no guide having been found, it was necessary first
to go to Kuka.
"Mr. Richardson, therefore, seems to have taken strong
medicines; in consequence of which, in the evening of the
third day of their halt at Rangarvia, after having taken a
walk through the town, he felt well enough to fix his outset
for the next morning. But this day being rather a long one,
and the sun being very powerful, he became very tired and
unwell; and the more so as, notwithstanding his illness, he
had not left off drinking milk, even on his camel, mixing
some brandy with it. Having recovered a little during the
night, he moved on the next morning, but ordered a halt
about noon, on account of his weakness. Having started again
at sunset, they encamped at midnight. The next day, after a
short journey, they reached the Wady Mettaka.
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