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accepted Lis offer, and will explain to Mohamad, when I 

 see him, that this is what he promised me in the way of 

 giving men, but never performed. 



21th July. — At dawn a loud rumbling in the east as if of 

 thunder, possibly a slight earthquake ; no thunder-clouds 

 visible. 



Bin Nassib came last night and visited me before going 

 home to his own house ; a tall, brown, polite Arab. He says 

 that he lately received a packet for Mr. Stanley from the 

 American Consul, sealed in tin, and sent it back : this is 

 the eleventh that came to Stanley. A party of native traders 

 who went with the Baganda were attacked by Mirambo's 

 people, and driven back with the loss of all their goods and 

 one killed. The fugitives returned this morning sorely 

 downcast. A party of twenty-three loads left for Karagwe a 

 few days ago, and the leader alone has returned ; he does not 

 know more than that one was killed. Another was slain on 

 this side of M'futu by Mirambo's people yesterday, the 

 country thus is still in a terribly disturbed state. Sheikh 

 bin Nassib says that the Arabs have rooted out fifty-two 

 headmen who were Mirambo's allies. 



28th July. — To Nkasiwa ; blistered him, as the first re- 

 lieved the pain and pleased him greatly; hope he may 

 derive benefit. 



Cold east winds, and clouded thickly over all the sky. 



29th July. — Making flour of rice for the journey. Yisited 

 Sheikh bin Nassib, who has a severe attack of fever; he 

 cannot avoid going to the war. He bought a donkey 

 with the tusk he stole from Lewale, and it died yesterday ; 

 now Lewale says, " Give me back my tusk ; " and the Arab 

 replies, " Give me back my donkey." The father must pay, 

 but his son's character is lost as well as the donkey. Bin 

 Nassib gave me a present of wheaten bread and cakes. 



30th July. — Weary waiting this, and the best time for 

 travelling passes over unused. High winds from the east 



