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sume it, but we can throw on water and consume the fire. 

 We control the elements, fire and water : is He debarred 

 from doing the same, and more, who has infinite wisdom 

 and knowledge ? He surely is greater than His own laws. 

 Civilization is only what has been done with natural laws. 

 Some foolish speculations in morals resemble the idea of a 

 Muganda, who said last night, that if Mtesa didn't kill 

 jjeople now and then, his subjects would suppose that he 

 was dead! 



23rd July. — The departure of the Baganda is counter- 

 manded, for fear of Mirambo capturing their gunpowder. 



Lewale interdicts them from going ; he says, " You may 

 go, but leave all the gunpowder here, because Mirambo 

 will follow and take it all to fight with us." This is an after- 

 thought, for he hurried them to go off. A few will go and 

 take the news and some goods to Mtesa, and probably a lot 

 of Lewale's goods to trade at Karagwe. 



The Baganda are angry, for now their cattle and much of 

 their property are expended here ; but they say, " We are 

 strangers, and what can we do but submit ?" The Banyam- 

 wesi carriers would all have run away on the least appearance 

 of danger. No troops are sent by Seyed, Burghash, though 

 they were confidently reported long ago. All trade is at a 

 standstill. 



24:th July. — The Bagohe retire from the war. This month 

 is unlucky. I visited Lewale and Nkasiwa, putting a 

 blister on the latter, for paralytic arm, to please him. 

 Lewale says that a general flight from the war has taken 

 place. The excuse is hunger. 



He confirms the great damage done by a cyclone at 

 Zanzibar to shipping, houses, cocoa-nut palms, mango-trees, 

 and clove-trees, also houses and dhows, five clays after 

 Burghash returned. Sofeu volunteers to go with us, 

 because Mohamad Bogharib never gave him anything, and 

 Bwana Mohinna has asked him to go with him. I have 



