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another, Jurna Merikano, or Katata Katanga, at another 

 village further north, and Seide ben Habib was at Phueto, 

 which is nearer Tanganyika. This party comprises the 

 whole force of Hamees, and he now declares that he will 

 go to Nsama and make the matter up, as he thinks that 

 he is afraid to come here, and so he will make the first 

 approach to friendship. 



On pondering over the whole subject, I see that, tiresome 

 as it is to wait, it is better to do so than go south and 

 then w r est, for if I should go I shall miss seeing Moero, which 

 is said to be three days from Nsaina's present abode. His 

 people go there for salt, and I could not come to it from the 

 south without being known to them, and perhaps considered 

 to be an Arab. Hamees remarked that it was the Arab way 

 first to smooth the path before entering upon it ; sending 

 men and presents first, thereby ascertaining the disposition 

 of the inhabitants. He advises patience, and is in hopes of 

 making a peace with Nsama. That his hopes are not un- 

 reasonable, he mentioned that when the disturbance began, 

 Nsama sent men with two tusks to the village whence he 

 had just been expelled, offering thereby to make the matter 

 up, but the Arabs, suspecting treachery, fired upon the 

 carriers and killed them, then ten goats and one tusk were 

 sent with the same object, and met with a repulse ; Hamees 

 thinks that had he been there himself the whole matter 

 would have been settled amicably. 



All complain of cold here. The situation is elevated, and 

 we are behind a clump of trees on the rivulet Chiloa, which 

 keeps the sun off us in the mornings. This cold induces the 

 people to make big fires in their huts, and frequently their 

 dwellings are burned. Minimum temperature is as low as 

 46° ; sometimes 33°. 



2-ith June. — The Arabs are all busy reading their Koran, 

 or Kuran, and in praying for direction; to-morrow they 

 will call a meeting to deliberate as to what steps they 



