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danger either from beasts or men. Our sympathies are 

 drawn out towards our humble hardy companions by a com- 

 munity of interests, and, it may be, of perils, which make us 

 all friends. Nothing but the most pitiable puerility would 

 lead any manly heart to make their inferiority a theme for 

 self-exaltation ; however, that is often done, as if with the 

 vague idea that we can, by magnifying their deficiencies, 

 demonstrate our immaculate perfections. 



The effect of travel on a man whose heart is in the right 

 place is that the mind is made more self-reliant : it becomes 

 more confident of its own resources — there is greater pre- 

 sence of mind. The body is soon well-knit; the muscles 

 of the limbs grow as hard as a board, and seem to have 

 no fat; the countenance is bronzed, and there is no dys- 

 pepsia. Africa is- a most wonderful country for appetite, and 

 it is only when one gloats over marrow bones or elephant's 

 feet that indigestion is possible. No doubt much toil is 

 involved, and fatigue of which travellers in the more tem- 

 perate climes can form but a faint conception ; but the 

 sweat of one's brow is no longer a curse when one works for 

 God : it proves a tonic to the system, and is actually a 

 blessing. No one can truly appreciate the charm of repose 

 unless he has undergone severe exertion. 



27th March. — The point of land which on the north 

 side of the entrance to the harbour narrows it to about 

 300 yards is alone called Pemba ; the other parts have 

 different names. Looking northwards from the point, the 

 first hundred yards has ninety square houses of wattled 

 daub ; a ruin (a mosque) has been built of lime and coral. 

 The whole point is coral, and the soil is red, and covered 

 over with dense tropical vegetation, in which the baobab is 

 conspicuous. Dhows at present come in with ease by the 

 easterly wind which blows in the evening, and leave next 

 morning, the land wind taking them out. 



While the camels and other animals are getting over 



