It was a race between the natives and the vultures as to who should be first to profit by my losses.
Not only were the animals sick, but my wife was laid up with a violent attack of gastric fever, and I was also suffering from daily attacks of ague.

The small-pox broke out among the Turks.

Several people died, and, to make matters worse, they insisted upon inoculating themselves and all their slaves; thus the whole camp was reeking with this horrible disease.
Fortunately my camp was separate and to windward.

I strictly forbade my men to inoculate themselves, and no case of the disease occurred among my people; but it spread throughout the country.

Small-pox is a scourge among the tribes of Central Africa, and it occasionally sweeps through the country and decimates the population.
I had a long examination of Wani, the guide and interpreter, respecting the country of Magungo.