of the ocean waves hissing and thundering on the shore accompanied us
all our journey. The road was good and the coach tolerable, so it was
pleasant enough. To-day the heat is very great; hardly bearable at
church. All Sir H. Ward's family are on the hill--Newra Elyia--some
6,000 feet above the sea; this being the hottest season in Ceylon. My
writing is not very good, for I cannot sit still for the heat. I am
walking about the room in very light attire, taking up my pen from
time to time to indite a few words.

_H.M.S. 'Furious.'--At Sea, April 9th._--Will this letter be delivered
to you by the post or by the writer in person? _Chi sa?_... You will
like to have a complete record of my experiences during my long
absence. I am now again at sea, and I cannot say how this fact
rejoices me. I was tired of Ceylon; and my longing to get home
increases as the prospect of my doing so becomes more real. I was ill,
too, at Ceylon. The heat was very great; and I was, I fear, somewhat
imprudent. On the day after I despatched my last letter to you from
Colombo, I started for Kandy, a pretty little countrytown seated in
the centre of a circle of hills. I reached it at 5 P.M., time enough
to walk about the very beautiful grounds of the 'Pavilion,' the
Governor's residence. Next day, after seeing the shrine which contains
the famous tooth of Buddha, I set off for the mountains, and reached a
coffee estate of Baron Delmar's at about 6 P.M. We found ourselves in
a fine cool climate, at about 3,000 feet above the sea. That night,
however, I felt a shiver as I went to bed. I had a bad headache next
morning, and when I arrived at Newra Elyia, the famous sanatarium,
6,000 feet above the sea, I was obliged to go to bed, and send for the
doctor. I could not remain quiet, however, as the packet from England
might be at Galle on the 3rd; so I had to hurry down on Friday from
the mountain to Kandy and Colombo, where I arrived on Saturday evening
more dead than alive. Sir H. Ward's doctor declared me to be labouring
under an attack of jungle fever.... I sent for the 'Furious,' which
conveyed me from Colombo to Galle on Monday the 4th. Frederick did not
arrive till the 6th; so all ended well. It was an unspeakable comfort
to me to meet Frederick at last We had a day to talk over our affairs,
as he did not proceed