77 deg. 99 deg.
3 P.M. 78 deg. 102 deg.
4 P.M. 72 deg. 88 deg. (Agreeable marching now.)
6 P.M. 66 deg. 77 deg.

_9th July, 1872._--Clear and cold the general weather: cold is
penetrating. War forces have gone out of M'futu and built a camp. Fear
of Mirambo rules them all: each one is nervously anxious not to die, and
in no way ashamed to own it. The Arabs keep out of danger: "Better to
sleep in a whole skin" is their motto.

_Noon_.--Spoke to Singeri about the missionary reported to be coming:
he 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 deg. Dry Bulb 57 deg. min. 55 deg.
9 A.M. 74 deg. 82 deg.
Noon. 74 deg. 98 deg. (Now becomes too hot to march.)
3.30 P.M. 75 deg. 90 deg.

_10th July, 1872._

6 A.M. 59 deg. 65 deg. min. 55 deg.
Noon. 67 deg. 77 deg. shady.
3 P.M. 69 deg. 81 deg. cloudy.
5 P.M. 65 deg. 75 deg. cloudy.

_10th July, 1872._--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 Banyamwezi even call themselves his subjects,
and so do others. His permission would 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