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loth August. — The Banyamwezi use a hammer shaped 

 like a cone, without a handle. They have both kinds of 

 bellows, one of goatskin the other of wood, with a skin over 

 the mouth of a drum, and a handle tied to the middle 

 of it; with these they smelt pieces of the large bars of 

 copper into a pot, filled nearly full of wood ashes. The 

 fire is surrounded by masses of anthills, and in these there 

 are hollows made to receive the melted metal : the metal is 

 poured while the pot is held with the hands, protected by 

 wet rags. 



15th August. — Bin Omar, a Suaheli, came from Muaboso 

 on Chambeze in six days, crossing in that space twenty-two 

 burns or oozes, from knee to waist deep. 



Very high and cold winds prevail at present. It was 

 proposed to punish Chikumbi when Syde bin Omar came, 

 as he is in debt and refuses payment ; but I go off to 

 Casembe. 



I learn that there is another hot fountain in the Baloba 

 country, called Fungwe ; this, with Kapira and Vana, makes 

 three hot fountains in this region. 



Some people were killed in my path to Casembe, so this 

 was an additional argument against my going that way. 



Some Banyamwezi report a tribe — the Bonyolo — that 

 extract the upper front teeth, like Batoka ; they are near 

 Loanda, and Lake Chipokola is there, probably the same 

 as Kinkonza. Feeling my way. All the trees are now 

 pushing out fresh young leaves of different colours : winds 

 S.E. Clouds of upper stratum N.W. 



29th August. — Kaskas began to-day hot and sultry. This 

 will continue till rains fall. Kumours of wars perpetual 

 and near ; and one circumstantial account of an attack 

 made by the Bause. That again contradicted. (31st 

 August.) Bain began here this evening, quite remarkable 

 and exceptional, as it precedes the rains generally off the 

 watershed by two months at least : it was a thunder 



