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21 Clear dawn. 



22 Thunder and rain at 3 p.m. 



23 Thunder all afternoon. Kain at 3*p.m. 



24 Rain at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wind from W., cold, raw, and damp. The 

 storms from Azjab, N.E. Cloudy all day. Rain, thunder, and lightning 

 all night. 



25 Cloudy dawn and forenoon. Storm at night, 7 to 9. 



26 Cloudy. Thunder and storm at 4 p.m. Violent rain and storm, distant 

 about 3 miles, at night. Iso wind. 



27 Cloudy day and dawn. All looks like rain. Grumbling of low thunder 

 all day. 



28 Very cloudy dawn. Cleared at 8. 



29 Violent rain at night. Surly weather. Signs of rain, flying ants. 



30 Thermometer at sunrise, 80° in verandah. Clear cool day, a few clouds. 

 Rain in evening. 



31 Too sick to observe. 



Remarks. — Air of Unyanyembe intensely dry ; sometimes does not rain for 

 months. Soil fertile by proximity of water; rains every 15 or 16 days. 

 Lightning from S.E. We had very steady rain. Thunder and lightning like 

 chota barsat in Upper India. About the 30th inst. country well sopped. 

 All began to plant ; rice about end of month, and Jawari after. 



Rain, as at Zanzibar, every day. Generally deep cloudy morns. Cold 

 wind, and very damp. Therm. 70°. Sun at 10 a.m., hot. Clouds partially 

 dispersed. About 2 p.m. showers, with thunder and lightning, increase till 

 dark, when become very violent. Bolts fell one night. Climate unwholesome 

 as the Kinga-ni river. Almost all our men had fever. Wind generally E., 

 but changing to S.W. 



This rain in Dec. is called Muaka, or the year. We experienced it on the 

 coast, in the Elpliinstone, and the Riami. All are cultivating. 



