about eight
o'clock
We engaged a carriage to convey us to the coast , for none of us were in a fit state to ride on horseback . I will not dwell on the sad countenances and the depressed spirits of our brother-officers whom we left behind . On the morning of the 30th of April , with a buoyancy of spirits to which I had long been a stranger , I with my companions got into the rickety vehicle which was to convey us the first part of our journey , Tom Rockets being perched on a seat behind . We arrived at about eight o'clock at the village of Lemonade -- an attractive name on a hot day -- and near there found a boat in readiness to carry us to Cape Francois . How delicious the sea-breeze smelt ! -- how refreshing to our parched skins and stagnant blood ! It appeared to me to drive away at once all the remains of the fever .