The heavy dew upon the high grass was so cold as to cause shivering, and I was forced to lie by for eight days, tossing and groaning with violent pain in the head.

This was the most severe attack I had endured.

It made me quite unfit to move, or even know what was passing outside my little tent.

Senhor Pascoal, who had been detained by the severe rain at a better spot, at last came up, and, knowing that leeches abounded in the rivulets, procured a number, and applied some dozens to the nape of the neck and the loins.

This partially relieved the pain.