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•284 TRAVELS IN UPPER
Although he was corpulent, his colour was yeliowj
he was feeble and languid, and complained of vio-
lent pains in his stomach. Born in Constanti-
nople, and having passed a considerable part of
his life in Turkey, he had only felt this inclination
to eat dirt, after a pretty long residence in Egypt.
I have been since informed, that several persons
in the same country were attacked with this ma-
lady, for it is of a species which appears peculiar
to Africa. It is well known that the negroes who
were brought into the American colonies, fre-
quently perished from the consequences of this in-
ordinate appetite, after passing a life of pain, and
tortured by unavailing stripes, and barbarous pre-
cautions which they found means to elude.
From Stout, where I left the dirt-eater, I pro-
ceeded on the evening of the 1 ith to Manfelout.
The next morning the boat, which I had quitted
at Ab'mtige, made its appearance; my companions
and my goods were still in Safety ; hut we were
very well pleased to leave a vessel in which it was
both dangerous and unpleasant to proceed.
Although he was corpulent, his colour was yeliowj
he was feeble and languid, and complained of vio-
lent pains in his stomach. Born in Constanti-
nople, and having passed a considerable part of
his life in Turkey, he had only felt this inclination
to eat dirt, after a pretty long residence in Egypt.
I have been since informed, that several persons
in the same country were attacked with this ma-
lady, for it is of a species which appears peculiar
to Africa. It is well known that the negroes who
were brought into the American colonies, fre-
quently perished from the consequences of this in-
ordinate appetite, after passing a life of pain, and
tortured by unavailing stripes, and barbarous pre-
cautions which they found means to elude.
From Stout, where I left the dirt-eater, I pro-
ceeded on the evening of the 1 ith to Manfelout.
The next morning the boat, which I had quitted
at Ab'mtige, made its appearance; my companions
and my goods were still in Safety ; hut we were
very well pleased to leave a vessel in which it was
both dangerous and unpleasant to proceed.