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Chapter Six. Death in the Rain |
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unpleasantness of fieldwork during the rains; damp and disease |
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Those weeks in August, when dysentery ravaged Wakching and the rain poured down in streams, were not particularly pleasant. Everything was wet to the touch; clothes, bedding, and books were wet, or, if not wet, damp and covered with mould. If I did not wear a pair of boots for two days, squashy mushrooms began to grow inside. The continued rain and the epidemic weighed not only on my mind, but also on the minds of the Konyaks, for they knew that only with the coming of the dry season would the epidemic stop. |
