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Noon. — Spoke to Singeri about the missionary reported 

 to be coming: lie seems to like the idea of being taught and 

 opening up the country by way of the Nile. I told him 

 that all the Arabs confirmed Mtesa's cruelties, and that his 

 people were more to blame than he : it was guilt before God. 

 In this he agreed fully, but said, " What Arab was killed? " 

 meaning, if they did not suffer how can they complain ? 



6 a.m. Wet Bulb 55° .. Dry Bulb 57° min. 55° 

 9 a.m. „ 74° .. „ 82° 



Noon. „ 74° .. „ 98° 



(Now becomes too hot to march.) 

 3.30 p.m. „ 75° .. „ 90° 



10th July. 



6 A.M. 



55 



59° .. 



„ 



65° min. 55° 



Noon. 



55 



67° .. 



55 



77° shady. 



3 P.M. 



55 



69° .. 



55 



81° cloudy. 



5 P.M. 



55 



65° .. 



55 



75° cloudy. 



10th July. — No great difficulty would be encountered in 

 establishing a Christian Mission a hundred miles or so from 

 the East Coast. The permission of the Sultan of Zanzibar 

 would be necessary, because all the tribes of any intelligence 

 claim relationship, or have relations with him ; the Ban- 

 yamwezi even call themselves his subjects, and so do others. 

 His permission Avould be readily granted, if respectfully 

 applied for through the English Consul. The Suaheli, with 

 their present apathy on religious matters, would be no 

 obstacle. Care to speak politely, and to show kindness to 

 them, would not be lost labour in the general effect of the 

 Mission on the country, but all discussion on the belief of 

 the Moslems should be avoided ; they know little about it. 

 Emigrants from Muscat, Persia, and India, who at present 

 possess neither influence nor wealth, would eagerly seize any 

 formal or offensive denial of the authority of their Prophet 

 to fan their own bigotry, and arouse that of the Suaheli. A 

 few now assume an air of superiority in matters of worship. 



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