I felt no keenness to see these
people at the time, fever removes all that, but I had so got it into
my head before the fever that I must go at all hazards, that I felt
somehow as if I was obeying someone else. We passed my old residence
a short way off, and I stayed the night at the Negrito chief's hut,
which I reached long after dark. He seemed very glad to see me again,
and turned out most of his family and relations to make room for
me. My troubles were not yet ended, as the two Filipinos whom I had
engaged to carry my food and bedding could not start till late, and
consequently lost their way, and were discovered in the forest by
some Negritos, who went in search of them about 2 a.m. Meanwhile I
had to lie on the hard ground in my wet clothes, and as I got very
cold a fresh attack of fever resulted. I had intended to start off
again about four a.m., but it was fully four hours later before we
were well on our way. I managed to eat a little before I left, our
rice and other food being cooked in bamboo (the regular method of
cooking amongst the Negritos). I here noticed for the first time the
method employed by the Negrito mothers for giving their babies water;
they fill their own mouths with water from a bamboo, and the child
drinks from its mother's mouth.
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