Field Diary XIV
David Livingstone


Date of composition: 14 November 1871 - 14 September 1872
Repository: David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre, United Kingdom
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Clendennen & Cunningham number(s): Field Diaries, 027
Digital edition and date: Livingstone Online, 2017
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Ujiji 14th November
XIV 1871


Forat = Euphrates
Sehoon = Ganges
5Yehun         
So-ga = Lake ^ & people Chowambe
Kūddi = country =.

{figure}

Ngoha fine fish
10Thabib = physician




[My] men left Zanzibar
in end of October 1870
& were at Bagamoio
15till latter part of Feby 1871 -
& at Unyanyembe -
beginning of May 1871

0005
one left Unyanyembe


20th September 1871
5 months at Unybe
to Ujiji
on 10th Novr


5

Sueli hadrasani
slave of Syde bin Salem
Marhobe

To-fiki = Banian slave
10gone to Kutch
Ali ? says he is fine
Asmane = Garzilia = left




Feb18th Dr Kirk
15came over to hunt
for a week & when he
was returning called to
see my people they had
gone two days before his



20arrival to hunt



Sheikh Hasheed =
an honest Arab o
Zanzibar - who trusts
to Jetta bought 22000
25[    ] dollars for 28 dollars


0006

November 15th Start
to go down Tanganyika
with Henry M Stanley

Wind too high


5

16th # 4 hours to Chigoma



20th


22{21} = passed a very crowded
10population = men called
us to land to be fleeced
and insulted by way of
Mohonga or mutuari = they
threw stones in rage and
15one apparently slung
lighted close to the canoe
We came on until after dark
and landed under a cliff
to rest & cook but a crowd
20came and made enquiries
Then a few more came as if
to enquire more perfectly
told us to sleep & tomorrow
friendship should be made
25Put luggage on board and
set a watch on cliff - a
number of men came along
cowering behind rocks which
then aroused suspicion

0007
and we slipped off quietly
They called after us as men
baulked of their prey - We
then went on 5 hours &
5slept - then this morning
on to Magala where people
are civil but Mukamba
has war with some one
Lake Narrows to about ten
10miles
by Western mountains
come towards the Eastern
range that being about NNW
magnetic -


Many stumps of trees killed
15by water shew encroach
ment of Lake on East side
a transverse range seems to
shut in the North end
but open country to the E & W
20of its ends




24th to point Kizuka in
Mukamba's country -
a Molongwana came to
25us from Mukamba
and asserted most
positively that all the
water of Tanganyika

0008
flowed into R Lusize
and thence on to Ukerewe
of Mteza = Nothing could
be more clear than his
5statements


25th came on about 2
hours
to villages on a
high bank where Mukam
-ba
is living = the chief
10came = a young good
looking man like to
Mugala and welcomed
us - Our friend of
yesterday now declared
15as positively as before
that the water of Lusize
flowed into Tanganyika
and not the way he
said yesterday! I have
20not the smallest doubt
but Tanganyika discharges
somewhere though we
may be unable to find it
Lusize goes to ^ or comes
25from Luanda and

0009
Karagwe = This is
hopeful = but I suspend
my judgment -


War rages between
5Mukamba and War-
mashanya
or Uar
masane
= a chief between
this & Lusize = ten
men were killed of
10Mukamba's people a
few days ago - vast
numbers of fishermen
ply their calling night
and day as far as we
15can see - Tanganyika
closes in except at one
point N & by West of us
Highest point of Western
range about 7000 feet above
20the sea
is         Sumburuza
We are to go tomorrow
to Luhinga elder of Mu
-kamba
near Lusize [ ]
chief follows us next
25day


0010

26th Novr 1871 S.
Mr Stanley severe fever
gave Mukamba 9 dotis
and 9 fundos =


5

End of Tanganyika seen
clearly is rounded off
about 4' broad from
East to West




10

27th Mr S. better = start at
sunset and go W then to N.
for seven hours and at
4 AM reach Lohinga
at mouth of Lusize


15

28th shot Ibis religiosa
afternoon Lohinga the
superior of Mukamba
came and shewed him-
20self very intelligent - He
named 18 Rivers 4 of
which enter Tanganyika
and the rest Lusize
All come into none
25leave Tanganyika -
Lusize is said to rise
in Kwangeregere
in Kivo territory

0011
between Mutumbe &
Luanda


Nyabungu is chief of
Mutumbi


5

Luhinga is the most
intelligent and frankest
chief we have seen here




29th go to see Lusize R.
10in canoe = mouth filled with
large reedy sedgy islets - three
- branches about 12 = 15 yds
broad & one fathom deep = a
strong current = 2' per hour
15water discoloured




30th large present of
eggs flour and a sheep
from Mukamba Mr
20Stanley
went round to a
Bay in the West to which
the mountains come
sheer down =




25

1st December 1871
Friday - Latitude last
night
3° 18' 34" S
gave 15 cloths to Lohinga
which pleased him highly


0012

Kivo = lagoon
Kuansibura chief
from it the Lusize rises
and flows under a rock


5

2nd = ill from bilious attack




3d better & thankful -
men off to bring Mukamba
10Mukambas wife brought a
handsome present of milk
beer & cassava = a good looking
young woman of light colour
^ full lips with two children 8 or ten years
15of age - We gave them cloths -
and she asked beads = gave 2
fundos


Lunars being 2nd Ast T.
and I was one day wrong


20

4th very heavy rain
from N. all night
=
Bakers Lake cannot be
near as he puts it in
25his map for it is un
known to Lohinga's
He thinks that he is
a hundred years old
about 45 really


30

Namataranga = birds

0013
float high in air in
large flocks




5th go over to a point on
5our East - Bay is about 12'
broad
= mountains very
beautiful = visited chief
Mukamba at his village
5 miles North of Lohingas
10wanted us to remain a
few days = but I declined
saw s{two} flocks Ibis Religiosa
numbering in all 60 birds
feeding like geese


15

6th remain at Luhinga


7th start and go S S W to vil
[      ]{Lohanga}         pass the
Rt where Speke turned
20then breakfast at the
market pace -


8th go on to Mukamba
Rt
near boundary of
Babembe & Bavira
25people shot by Malongwana
Bavira on coast the
Babembe on Mts tops


0014

We pulled six hours to a
rocky islet with two rocks
covered with trees on its West
and near - Babembe are
5said to be dangerous
on account of having
been slaughtered by the
Malongwana Lat 3 41' ?




10

9th leave NY Herald islet
and go S. to Lubumba cape
the people now are the
Basansa along coast -
men drunk & troublesome
15gave a present and left
them about 4 ½ afternoon
went to islet N E end
in about 3 hours -
good pulling -


20

Then 8 hours to Eastern
shores = 11 hours say
28 or 30 miles broad
coast along ^ 5 H = to Mokungo
and rest =


25

10th reach Mokungo 9½ AM
Kisessa is chief of all
islet Mozima his son
was maltreated at Ujiji &

0015
died in consequence
this stopped the dura trade
and we were not assaulted
because not Malongwana


5

11th Leave Mokunga at
6 AM and coast along 6 ½
hours
to Sazzi




10

12th Mr S. ill with fever
off and after 3 hours stop
at Mosambo vil..




13th Mr S. better = go on to
15Ujiji = Mr S. recieved a
letter from Consul Webb
(American) of 11th June
last
and telegrams
from Aden
up to 29th
20April
= I recieved none
Dr Kirk had been
busily entertaining the
Admiral and fleet




25

14th Many people off to
fight Mirambo at Un-
yanyembe
- their wives
promenade & wave -
green leaves for victory


0016

15th December 1871 at
Ujiji - getting ready to
march East for my
goods.


5

Sungomazi in one
bag 750 = & in other 759




16th - engage paddlers to
10go to Tongwe = and a guide




17th S. 18th writing 19th
20th still writing Despatch
Packed up the large tin box
15with Manyema swords
spear heads = for trans-
-mission home by Mr
Stanley
= Two chrono
meters and two watches
20Anklets of Nzige and
of Manyema = Leave
with Muhamad
bin Saleh
a box with
books shirts paper &c
25also large & small beads
tea coffee sugar


0017

21st Heav[ ]{y} rains for
planting now


22nd Stanley ill of fever


23d Do very ill = rainy
5and uncomfortable


24th S. 25th Christmas




Bag of Beads skin - 2 bags
of sungo maize ^ #746 & blue & 756 w - Gardners =
10bag of beads =
        soap [      ]{2} bars = 3 boxes =
= wood - 1 = Tea & Matunda
2d wooden box = paper shirts
3d iron box shoes quinine
15bag coffee - sextant stand -
2 sextants = 1 long wooden empty
Left with Muhamad bin
Saleh
at Ujiji Christmas
day 1871
= 2 bags of
20beads already here & table
-cloths =


0018

26th had but a sorry
Christmas yesterday




[27th] To send Moenyeghere
5some coffee & tell his
wishes to Masudi




27th left Ujiji 9 AM
and crossed goats donkeys
10and men over Luiche
about 4' of Eschinomena
and sleep at [      ]{Masala}
from [      ] R pt to Bangwe
295 - 10 = 285 or 15°[      ] of W
15Ue [      ] point from
Bangwe 15° S of East
Kabogo about due South
Rombola pt SSE




20

[Note.] above the fine yellow
clay schist of Manyema
[the] banks of Tanganyika
reveal 50 feet of shingle
mixed with red earth -
25above this at some parts
great boulders lie - then
sixty feet fine clay schist

0019
Then strata five 5 of [      ]{gravel}
under with a foot stratum
of schist between - - -
1st gravel 2 ft - 2nd 4 ft &
5lowest about 30 ft thick
the fine schist was
found in still water but
the shingle must have
been in troubled stormy
10seas if not carried hither
and thither by ice and at
different epochs


sleep at R. Malagarasi




15

29th Decr 1871 crossed over
the broad bay of the Mala
-garasi
to Kagonga &
sleep




20

30th pass Viga pt - red sandstone
and cross bay of R. Luguvu
& ^ Mo Nkala vil. and cross over
people & goats. sleep -




25

31st send for beans as
no provisions in front of
this - Brown water of the
Lugufu bent away North
though wind is SW & W


0020

Having provisions we
went round Munkalu
pt
- water slightly discolour
ed for a mile South of it
5but brown water on the
North side of Bay bent N




1st January 1872 May
the Almighty help me
10to finish my work this
year for Christs sake


We slept in Mosehezi
bay
- I was storm stayed
in Kifwe bay which is
15very beautiful still as a
mill pond & 12 or 13 hip
-popotami near a high
bank - did not kill
for balls are not harden
20-ed - High rocky tree coverd
shore - rocks bent &
twisted wonderfully
Large slices worn off
land - hill sides clad with
25thick robes of living green
yet very very steep


0021
{figure}
0022
{figure}


{figure}
{figure}


5say 7½ hours from Mosehezi bay
to Borimba say about 20'
    Mepo   the Great Bay


0023

2nd January 1872.
a very broad belt of
large tussocks of reeds
lines the shore near
5Mt. Kibanga or Boumba
We had to coast along to
the South - saw a village
nearly afloat - people
having there taken refuge
10from their enemies
Many hippopotami &
crocodiles in Tangan
yika
- a river 30 yards
the Kibanga flows in
15strongly = encamped on
open space on knoll &
put up flags to guide the
land party to us -


3d send off to buy food
20Mr S shot a fat zebra
meat very good = failed




4th Ujijians left last
night with canoes - gave
2514 fundos of beads to
buy food in way


0024

4th January 1872 -
waiting for our land
party - gave headman
here at Burimba 2
5dotis & a Kitamba doti
Men arrived yesterday
or 4 ½ days from Lugufu




5th Mr Stanley ill of fever
10copying notes into journal
all men & goats arrived
safely


6th Mr Stanley better & we
prepare to go


15

7th Mr Stanley shot a buffalo
at end of our first march
up East & across hills
River Luajere in front
20spend night at carcass. 3




8th crossed the River 30 yds
rapid now knee & waist
deep
= country rich & 3
25beautiful = hilly and
tree covered = reddish soil East
game abundant




9th Rainy but we went
30on E + ENE through a

0025
shut in valley - to opening
full of all kinds of game
Buffalo cows have calves
now - one wounded - Rain
5came down abundantly
3½




10th across a very lovely
green country - open
forest all fresh & like an
10English gentleman's
park - game plentiful -
tree covered mountains
right & left and much
Brown Haematite on the
15levels - Course E.M.         4
a range about 3 miles
off on our right
-


{figure}


20

11th off through flat open
forest for 3 hours East
then cook and go on East
other 3 hours - over very
rough rocky hills
25country - Rt Mtambu         6


0026

12th pff early and pouring
rain came down as we
advanced
= country undu
lating - cross a rivulet
515 yards - going N. and at
another of 3 yds came to a
halt all wet & umcomfort
-able - People pick up many
mushrooms & Manendinga
10roots like turnips - buffaloes
near us in great numbers




13th fine morning - went
through undulating hilly
15country clothed with up
-land trees for 3 hours
then breakfast in an
open glade with bottom of
rocks of brown Haematite
20& a hole with rain water
in it - over 1000 feet higher
than Tanganyika
-
over clouded & we finished
march in pouring rain

25at a rivulet thickly
clad with aquatic trees
on banks = E.SE.         




0027

14th January 1872 = an-
-other
fine morning but
miserably wet afternoon

Went about 4' E S E &
5cross a strong rivulet 8 or
10 yards
- then on up to a
ridge & along top of it going
about South - breakfast
on edge of plateau looking
10down into a broad lovely
valley - Descended and
saw many reddish monkeys
which made a loud out
-cry - much game but
15scattered & we got none
wet miserable crossing
of another stream - then
up a valley to see a deserted
Boma or fenced village 5


20

15th along valley with high
Mts on each hand - then up
over that range on our left
or South = at Top some
25lions roared - We then
went on on high land
saw many Hartebeests

0028
and zebras but did not
get one though a buffalo
was knocked over - crossed
a rivulet and away over
5beautiful undulating
hills & vales - many trees
and Jambros fruit sleep at
a running rill S.E.




10

16th January 1872 - very
cold night after heavy &
long continued rain
-
camp was among brakens
Went E & by S. along the
15highland - Then we
saw a village down in
a deep valley into which
we descended - then up
another ridge in valley
20and along to village well
cultivated - up again
700 feet
at least and
down to Merera's village
hid in a mountainous
25nook - about 140 huts
with doors on one side
The valleys present

0029
{figure} a lovely scene
of industry - all
being eagerly engaged in
weeding & hoeing to
5take advantage of the
abundant rains which
have drenched us
every afternoon
SE = 5
                return W NW.


10



17th Remain Mrera's a{to}
buy food for men and
-selves - first day W NW
2nd & 3d days N.W. then
15when West of Magdala
due West to Borumba -
Ten days to go there




18th march but the
20Chirongosi wandered &
led us round about
instead of S.SE. came
near some tree covered
hills and a Rt Monya
25maze - Mtamba Rt
in front = very sore
feet bad shoes         


0030

19th January 1872
Went about SE for 4 hours
crossed Mbamba Rt and
passed through open forest
5Large rock in Rt and hills
thickly tree covered 2' East
and West
- down a steep
descent & camp -         




10

{figure}                         20th Do
At Mpokula Ruins -


{figure}Karoend Do


came down Rt Mpokwa
over rough country
15sore feet - to ruins of
village of Basivira
and sleep -                 3




21st Rest - 22nd - Mr S
20shot 2 zebras yesterday
& a she giraffe to day

0031
The meat of the Giraffe
was a thousand lb weight
the two zebras about 800




5

    23d Rest - Mr S fever


24th Do          #25 = S. ill
26th S. better
& off

{figure}
10




26th through low hills NE
and among bamboos
to open forest - on in
15undulating bushy Do to
a Rt with two rounded 4
hills East - one having
3 mushroom shaped trees




20

27th on across long
land waves & the only
bamboos East of Mpokwa
Rill
to breakfast and in
going on I was attacked by
25a furious swarm of bees
and badly stung on face
and head - Donkey nearly
killed by them E ½ N 6


0032

Slept in stockade
Misonghi = Yokonongoi




28th Cross Rt and then
5away E to near a hill
cross two Rrs broad &
marshy - and deep with
elephants' plungings
Rain almost         2½ or 3
10daily but less in
amount now


Bombay         {figure}
says his
greatest
15desire
is to visit
Speke's
grave ere
he dies -
20         

square head of
Bombay
top depressed
in centre =
25sold off the
gold medal
given to him
by Speke &
Grant



30

29th ascended a ridge
the edge of a flat basin
with ledges of dark
brown sandstone the
brim of ponds in
35which were deposited

0033
great masses of brown
Haematite = disintegrated
into gravel - flat open
forest with short grass
5crossed a rill of light
coloured water 3 times
reached a village &
then 1½ hour Merera's
about S.E.                 
10much arum plants




30th At Merera's the
2nd of the name = Much
rain & very heavy

15food abundant --
Banyamwezi people
Yukonongo Do




31st Through scraggy
20bush - then open forest
with short grass - over
a broad rill and on
good path to village
= Mwaro - chief Kamir
25-ambo
                                


0034

1st February 1872
We met a caravan of
Syde bin Habib's people
yesterday who report
5that Mirambo has
offered to repay all the
goods he has robbed
the Arabs of - all the ivory
powder = blood &c
10but his offer was
rejected = country all
around devastated
& Arab force is at
Simba's = Shaw is
15dead = very great
mortality by small
pox among Arabs and
at the coast




20

1st over flat upland
forest open & bushy
Then down a deep de-
-scent and along N.E.
to a large tree at Boma
25deserted [                  ]


0035


2nd away over ridges
of cultivation & elephants
footsteps = lost sight of
5path = cultivators all
swept away by Ma-{Ba}sa
=rambo{vira} - very many
elephants feed here =
- lost trail & sent men to
10seek it then came to the
camp in forest Lunched
at rill running into
Ngombe Nullah -
Ukamba = tsetse


15

3d Mr Stanley has
severe fever with great
pains in back and
legs = an emetic helped
20a little but Resin of
Jalap would have
cured him quickly
Rainy all day -


0036

4th February 1872
Mr Stanley so ill we
carried him in a cot
across flat forest &
5land short grass
for three hours about
Nor East - found a
path = a great help =
As soon as men got
10under cover continued
Rains began
O. camp 3
of Malongwana = trees peeled
to make bark cloth




15

5th Off at 6 AM Mr S a little
better but still carried
across same level forest =
pass water in pools &
one in Haematite - saw
20a black Rhinoceros &
come near people 5½




6th drizzly morning but
we went on & in two
25hours got drenched with
cold NW rain
- paths

0037
full of water = splashed
along to camp in a
wood = met a party
of native traders going
5to Fipa = Mwara 2




[x] 7th along level plains
with clumps of forest
& hollows filled at
10present with water
about N-E. to a large
pool of Ngombe Nullah
send off two men 4
to Unyanyembe
15for letters & medicine




8th removed from the
large pool of the Nullah
about an hour North to
20where game abounds
saw Giraffes & zebras
in way - Nullah cover
ed with Lotus plants
& swarming with
25crocodiles                         1


0038

9th February 1872
Remained for game
but unsuccessful
an eiland shot by Mr S
5but lost - depart at
2. PM. & reached
Manyara a kind old chief
country flat and covered
with detached masses
10of forest with open 4
glades & flats




10th Leave Manyara &
pass along same fine
15park like country &
but little water - Rain
sinks into the sandy soil
at once and the collection
is seldom seen = came
20after a hard tramp
to a pool by a sycam-
-ore tree 28 feet nine
in circumferance &
broad fruit laden
25branches

0039
Ziwane NNE.




11th Rain nearly all night
scarcely a day has passed
5without it & thunder since
we left Tanganyika
=
across flat forest again -
Meet caravan for Ujiji -
grass 3 feet high in seed -
10Reach Kir{Chi}kuru a stockade
village with dura planta-
-tions around it & pools
of rain water                 




15

12th Rest - 13th leave
Chikuru & wade across
an open flat with much
standing water - They
plant rice on the wet
20around villages = open
forest - many trees
killed for the bark
used as cloth - roofing
beds - Mr Stanley
25sever fever                 4


0040

14th February 1872 across same
flat open forest with
scraggy trees & grass 3
feet long in tufts
5came to Boma
Rainy - N E Gunda




15th same kind of
country = water stagnant
10to camp 42 way in forest 4½




16th Binda & past it
camp near Kigando
in rolling country
15granite knolls




17th over country chiefly
level & water stagnant -
rounded hills seen =
20cross a rain torrent
and camp in a new
Boma Mogonda




18th go through among
25granite low tree covered
hills with blocks of

0041
rock sticking out -
& much cultivation
crops swarding &
many villages - country
5opens out & we come
to Tembe in midst of
many straggling villages
Unyanyembe         
Thanks to the Almighty


10



19th Rest = Recieve
38 coils brass wire from
Mr Stanley = 14½ bags
of beads = 12 copper
15sheets = strong canvas
tent = air bed = Boat
trousers = nine loads
of calico - bath - cooking
pots - & medicine chest
20Good lot of tools = tacks
screw nails = copper Do
Books = medicines -
= paper = tar =
Many cartridges and
25shot


0042

20th February 1872 To my great joy
got 4 flannel shirts
from Agnes = 2 pr of
Seadon's boots from
5Waller = Mr St & I
measure calico &
find 733¾ yds wanting
2 frasilahs samsam
Do and one case Brandy
10Do Othman pretended
sickness blamed ^ - but dead men produced
a bale of calico hidden in
Thani's goods - this
reduced the missing to
15436½ yds




21st February 1872 Heavy rains = glad
we are in shelter
Masudi an Arab
20near to Ali bin Salem
at Bagamoio =
Bushir an Arab
for whose slave
he took a bale =
25Masudi took this

0043
Chirongozi not a
slave as a pagazi -
Robbed by Bushir
5th camp from Baga-
5-moio
Othman
confessed that he knew
of the sale of the box of
brandy & brought
also a shawl he had
10forgotten I searched him
                        & found Mr S stores



which he had stolen too -
        22 Service this
15morning
thanks for
safety thus far -
got a packet of letters
from an Arab -



23d Send to governor
20for box which he
has kept for four
years - all eaten by
white ants - 2 fine
guns & pistol quite

0044
destroyed = wood
work all eaten -
Brandy bottles broken
to make appear as if
5by accident but
cork driven in and
maize cob cork used -
shewed that thief
had drunk it & broke
10bottles - Tea spoiled -
= china safe = cheese good






24th February 1872 -
Writing a Despatch to
15Lord Granville
agn
Banian slaving and
English native settle-
ment transfer




20

25th number of Batusi
women came asking
present - tall and
graceful forms = well
shaped small heads
25noses & mouths

0045
they are the chief owners
of cattle here - War
with Mirambu still
going on - Governor
5ashamed to visit me




26th writing Journal
and Despatch




10

27th Moenemokaia ill
of heart disease and liver abscess ^ = send
blistering fluid - Hold
a christmas feast




15

28th writing journal
Syde bin Salem called
a China looking man
tried to be civil to us




20

29th {figure}




{figure}
0046

5th March My
friend Moenemokaia
came yesterday very
ill of abscess in liver
5which burst internally
gave him cal & jalap
to open bowels = is
very weak - legs swollen
but body emaciated -


10

6th Repairing tent
& receve boat & cartridge
and tools &c &c M died




15

7th machine for filling
cartridges weighing walk
caps




8th writing 9th Do


20

10th S. Suliman
Dawa or Dowa




11th writing Gave
25Mr Stanley a cheque
for Rs 5000 on

0047
Ritchie Stuart & Co
Bombay - This £500
is to be drawn if
Kirk has made
5away
with all the
rest of the £1000 if
not then it is to be
destroyed by Mr S.




10

#12th writing = 13th
finish letter to Mr Bennett
of New York Herald &
Despatch No 5 Ld Granville






15

14th Mr Stanley
leaves - I commit to his care my journal
sealed with 5 seals
American gold coin -
anna & ½ & cake of
20paint with royal
arms - Positively
            not to be opened


0048

15th March 1868{72}
writing to send after
Mr Stanley by two
of his men who wait
5here for the purpose -
copied line of route
obsns from Kabuire
to Cazembe is the 2nd
visit and on to Lake
10Bangweolo
- then the
- experiment of weight
on watch key at
Nyangwe & Lusize




15

16 sent the men after
Mr Stanley & two of
mine to bring his last
words if any -




20

17th S. service =


18th copying astro. obsns




19th Birthday = My

0049
#Jesus, my King, my
life, my all = I again
dedicate my whole self
to thee = accept me and
5grant O Gracious Father
that ere this year is
gone I may finish
my task = In Jesus
name I ask it -
10Amen, so let it be -
        David Livingstone




20th Heavy rain in night
copying Astro. obsns


15

21th Read Bakers
book
- It is artistic &
#clever = Bragging is his
forte
- He does good
20service in exposing
the Nile slave trade
I hope he may be success
-ful - suppressing it


0050

22nd March 1872
Rains almost every
night
shew Masika has
been going on here


5

23d copying Astro -
Obsns for Sir T. Maclear




24th S. service - 25th
10Susi brought a letter
back from Mr Stanley
5 days off - had a little
fever but I hope he
will go on safely


15

26th Rain of masika
chiefly by night
masika of 1871 began
23d March & ended 30
April
-


20

27th Reading = very
heavy rains


28th Moenyembegu

0051
asked to loan of a
doti = He is starving
& so is the war party
at Mfutu = chaining
5their slaves to keep
them from running
away to get food any
where




10

29th very rainy weather


30th Do Do Parkes Travels




31st Park's Travels
they look so truthful
15# none of Baker's brag.






1st April 1872
Read Young's search
Expedition book

20thankful for many
kind words about
me = He writes like
a gentleman


0052

2nd April 1872



send for lost book to
Gunda = making
5sounding line out of
lint left by Mr Stanley



3d April copy obsns




4th We hear that Dugumbes
10men have come to
Ujiji with 50 tusks
He went down Lualaba
with three canoes a
long way & bought much
15- ivory = were not
molested by Monan=
-gungo
in coming as we
were -




20

Milk begins on 4th = 24th




Men came back stopped
by a flood in the
way back for my book
25copying observations
for Sir T. Maclears




0053

5th April 1872




6th send off to buy Holons
Sorghum to make bread
5This is nearer to wheat
than maize = New ☾




7th S. service = The Banza-
-mivezi
told the Arabs that
10they did not want them
to go to fight because
when one Arab was killed
all the rest ran away
and the who army got
15frightened in consequence
Give us your slaves only
& we will fight = Magohe
man gave charms and
yesterday they pressed
20Mirambo sorely = His
brother sent 4 tusks
as a peace offering -
and it is thought that
the end is near - His
25mother was plundered
& lost all her cattle


0054

8th an Arab called
Seyed bin Muhamad
Magibbe
called he
proposes to go West
5to beyond Katanga
(Urenge) - Finish
coppying obsns at
Pambellier for S T. Maclear






10

9th April 1872
About 150 Waganga of
Mteza carried a present to
Seyed Burghash of ivory
& a young elephant
15He spent all the ivory in
buying return presents
of gun powder guns
soap = brandy gin &c
and they have it in
20this tembe = this morning
They have taken all out
to see if it is not spoiled
hundreds of packages


0055

10th sixteen of Mirambos
wives escaped & were
captured = they report
that he has now only one
5barrel of powder & one
box of balls = Kasera his
brother of chief man fled




11th S. - 12th one of the
10Baganda of Mteza
told me yesterday that
Dubale is the name
for Deity in his tongue




15

13th send for book
again = no rain having
fallen since 2nd
they will
be able to cross country


14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th
20  W       =     F.     Sat.   S.   Mon



15th Thursday = hung up
the sounding line on
poles 1 fathom apart &
tarred it = 373 fathoms
25of five strands


0056

16th April 1872 - Friday




Visit Sultan Ali at
Tabora = Make a present
5Abed bin Salem = Le
-hedere
is my friend
down Lualaba =


Heard that Dugumbe's
large party over at
10Lomame was caught
on two sides right &
left with an open
front and seventy
of them slain the
15good Lord kept me
from falling there -
Had I gone I could not
have escaped - It
was a complete rout.
20swift vengeance it
looks for the massacre
at Nyangwe I offer hearty

0057
thanks for double
preservation




17th Reading = found
5the lost book -




18th S. service




19th A Roll of letters
10and newspapers

apparently came
Today for Mr Stanley
Messenger says that
he passed Mr S. - on
15the road & he said
take that to the Dr
this is erroneous
Prince of Wales is
reported to be dying
20of Typhoid Fever
He refused his own
sister Louise entrance
to a state Ball! Louise
hastened to his bedside


0058

20th April 1872



Opened the tin tube in
which were found are
5letter for Mr Stanley
and nine New York
Heralds of Decr 1 - 9
1871
and a cake of
tobacco =



10

21st Tarred the tent
presented by Mr Stanley


22nd a few days rain
and now it ceases = We
had a good spell of heavy
15night rains before and
after 22nd March - then
a cessation = Now there
is a second cessation




20

Kimera first Mohuma
came from Unyoro
Bialo
= land of Raganda
Kira
- name of Lake Okan


0059


23d visit Kwikuru
to Muhamad bin Syde
5th Safura moon last of masika now
56th Rabia next month
the masika being
finished all the traders
will leave Zanzibar
for Interior


10

24th Heavy rain shews
masika not finished yet




25th S. 26th touch
15of fever from exposure


27th better & thankful




Zahor died of small
pox here after collecting
20much ivory at Fipa
and Urungu = all
taken up by Lewale


0060

28th April 1872




29th Writing letter to Bn
Sheikh But
called -


5

30th 2200 + 3300 = 5500
Samaritan = 5506 - years
Masoretic ch 4 = 5861
Septuagint ch 4     6447






10

1st May 1872 Buy a
cow from Baganda = for
11 dotis = & 2d for calf -
about £ 1-5 = at Zanzibar


Head man Sinjeri
15said that he was going to
pray = He has been taught
by the Arabs & is the first
proselyte in these lands =
Speke and Baker taught
20them to distil brandy by
a gun barrels and Tozer
dawdles at Zanzibar




Finished a letter for
25New York Herald
of

0061
20 pages = 5400 words
or 2 columns close print
Trying enlist American
Zeal to stop East Coast
5slave trade = I pray for a
blessing on it from the
all Gracious = 2 cows &
calves more give plenty
of milk 24 dotis = £2.10


10

2nd May S. service - a
shower about 4 AM.

Gave a Motusi a doti to
milk & herd the cows for
152 months




3d bought a fourth
cow from Singere a
Muganda from Mtesa
2010 dotis & 3 for calf - a
4th doti as a present
Rains very heavy in
evening & early morning


0062

4th May 1872.



Lewale came from
Mfutu = & called here
5Prepared tracing paper
to draw a map for
Sir Thomas Maclear



5th 6th Lewale invites
to a feast = Sultan bin
10Ali
's son died yester
day
= one nights illness




7th New ☾ last night
Went & break fasted
15with Lewale = says
that the Mirambo man
is virtually against
himself as a Syed
Majid
man = They wish
20to have him removed &
this would be a benefit




8th masika ceased
on 5th being true new ☾
25that is from 23d April to
0063
5th May
= 12 days but
rains fell plentifully
before that


Nkasiwa = chief of the
5Banyamwezi at
Kwikuru = expects to be
attacked today by one
Maganga = also a Mo-
-nyamwezi


10

9th S. service




10th News came that
Ghamees Wodin Lagh
15my friend of Chitinbwa
is killed at a village of
Makoa whither he &
others went to fight &
he recieved a ball through
20the bowels from the
left side = other Arabs
have fallen too


Report contradicted
afterwards


0064

11th May 1872



Found a serpent at the
door this morning
5killed by a cat



12th very cold winds
from the East shew
the rains to be quite over




10

13th Njala's people
return = were robbed by
Lugaruga at Ngala




14th copying sketch map
15News from Ujiji say
many of Muhamad
Bogharib
's slaves have
died of small pox and
one Athman killed by Waha


20

15th gave a bullseye
glass to Singere for
Mteza = He pressed a
cow & calf on me in vain


25

Lewale off to Mfutu
not to fight but to send the
Bagoye to the war




0065

16th S. Lewale sends
off letters to Sultan today
I have no news to send
but am waiting wearily


5

17th ailing 18th ailing
in bowels = 19th better =
A man of Dugumbe
came from Ujiji
10today = contradicts
previous reports
of slaughter = except
of the Bakuss = some
200 of them at Lomame


15

20th very cold winds
cattle of the Batusi cap-
-tured by the Arabs to
prevent them going off
20with the Baganda - My
four among them -
sent over for them -
and they were returned
this morning
2535 of Muhamads
slaves died of small pox


0066

21st May 1872



Genuine Africans
have flattened nose
5bridges = The higher
grades of the tribes have
like Manyuema high nose
bridges = this last the
Arabs consider real beauty
10        # The possession of
positiveness must be
comfortable for a time
Bakers was admirable
Cooley's insane =



15

22nd a slight shower I
suppose the last laid dust
several similar showers
through the day


23d S. service


20

24th 25th 26th 7 A.M.





{figure}
0067
{figure}
0068

28th May 1872



Smokes or haze begins =
and birds stimulated by the
5cold build briskly
Halima contended with
Ntaoeka and on my failing
to reconcile them Halima
ran away.



10

29th Went over to Sultan
bin Ali
at Labora & sent
a note to Lewale after
Halima = She came back of
her own accord - would not
15come in till I went outside
and told her to enter and
not to quarrel with any
one




20

30th S. s. 31st one of Mirambo
people routed out and fled






1st June 1872 -
3 PM detached clouds
25{figure}
visited by Jemadar
Ghamees
from Katanga
with information

0069
which see in II copy




2nd Lemon & Pomegranates
blossoming = Birds building


5

3d Chuma married
by Ntaoeka =




{figure}
10



{figure}

TipoTipo's father called


{figure}
0070

6th 7th June 1872



Prepare sungo mazi in
a box of 4 frasilahs = 140 lbs
5Sultan bin Ali approves
the Fipa road = the other
is in a state of war



8th Visited Lewale =
Heard of Baker going to
10Unyoro water albeit Lake
thinks most of Merere's
read & will give a guide




9th 10th 11th Min. 60°
1512th Min 59° Lewale called -




13th S. Min. 55°
Singara one of Mr
Stanley
's men returned
20from Bagamoio &
reports my caravan as
at Ugoga - I am most
unfeignedly thankful
Stanley and Webb have
25acted nobly




0071

14th Min. 54° 6 AM =
{figure}




15th 16th Boiling Point
5near 9 AM
= sky clear
air {figure}




{figure}


10{figure}




First set this morning
as above in open pot
gallon & ½ of water = 69° air
15{figure}


0072

17th June 1872



SSydeultan bin Ali called & doubts
Singaro but says let us wait
5to see the men arrive



18th Lewale departs
for the war to finish
Mirambo = the powder
will be pretty well
10spent ere he gets there
a perpetual fusilade
seems by way of getting
their spirits up =




15

19th 20th S. 21st 22nd
23d Mirambo reported to
Nkasiwa as having sent
100 tusks & 100 slaves to
the coast to buy gunpowder


20

24th 25th bought 2 oxen
as provisions for the way




26th 27th S. Went over to
25Kwikuru and engaged Mu-
-hamad bin Seyde
to speak
to Nkasiwa for pagazi
He wishes to go himself


0073

28th Dugumbe's
men who went off to
Ujiji to bring ivory
returned today having
5been attached by Robbers
of Mirambo - the pagazi
threw down all their
loads and ran - none were
killed but they lost all


10

29th Recieved from Sheikh
bin Nasib
a packet
containing 1 Gazette 1
overland Mail = 4 Pinches


15

30th slaughter an ox




1st July make a packet
for sending by one
20Suleiman
by Sebh Undu
Sheikh ^ Hamua Undu his
master - Went over to
Kwikuru to address
25packet in Arabic


0074

2d July 1872 Send
of a packet to coast
visit Mfutu Kwikuru
Recieve Oswells note of April


5

3d Sultan bin Ali called
invited to visit him




4th S. 5th Weary Weary!


10

6th {figure}




7th {figure}


8th {figure}
15All the foregoing observations
were taken from thermos
hung four feet from the
ground on the cool side
(South) of the house &
20beneath an earthen roof
complete protection from
wind and radiation


Soon known by the
shadows being nearly
25perpendicular - the

0075
following protected
from wind by a reed fence
but exposed to sun's rays
slanting a little
to shew
5the heat endured at
midday by a traveller



{here ends II} four feet from ground
{figure}
10agreeable marching now
{figure}





9th {figure}




10th {figure}


0076

11th July 1872 - S.



The final battle to come off
today if at all = Mirambo



5

12th Sheikh But stealing




13th {figure}




14th Watuta slain 200 - ?


10

15th 16th Visited Sultan
bin Ali
= It is reported that
the headman of a stockade
near to Mirambo's set
15pointed sticks in concealed
holes like Bruce with his
"craw toes" at Bannockburn
and disabled the assailants
these may be the 20 wounded
20the warriors have now sent
for a cannon they have
here to battes him outside
the traps which Mirambo
too has set too probably -


25

AM 17th {figure}


0077

Lewale sends off the Baganda
in a great hurry after detain-
ing them for a yearsix months or more
"till the war ended" - gets pagazi of
5Banyamwezi for them - this haste
though war is not ended is pro-
-bably because Lewale has heard
of a missionary through me!


a slave killed by people
10of Mirambo out prowling


Cannon going is of the
year 1679 went to China
with 1872 commander in
chief 193 Portuguese


15

18th S. July 1872




19th visited Salem bin
Seff
and was very hospitably
20entertained = was disappointed
that I could not eat largely
they live very comfortably -
grow ^ wheat and flour & fruits grace
their board - says that goats-
25flesh at Zanzibar is better
than beef but here beef is
better than goats flesh -
a stout jolly man -


0078

20th July 1872



Nkasiwa returned - was
unfinished but Mirambo
5fires now from inside the
stockade alone - Lewale
comes tomorrow too



21th 22nd Bought two milk
cows from a Motusi which
10with their calves were 17 dotis
or 34 fathoms -


3 PM cloudy {figure}
The Baganda
are packing up
15to leave for home = they take
a good deal of brandy &
gin for Mteza from the
Moslems Temp Noon 96°




20

23d Baganda departure
countermanded for fear
of Mirambo capturing
their gunpowder 150 barrels




25

24th Bagohe retire from the
war - this month unlucky
visited Lewale & Nkasiwa
put blister on latter for

0079
paralytic arm = to please
him - Lewale says that
a general flight from the
war has taken place
5excuse hunger -




{figure}




25th S. 26th blister did
10good to Nkasiwa = went
to put on another on nape
of neck -




27th At dawn a loud
15rumbling in the East as
if of thunder - possibly
a slight earthquake = No
thunder clouds visible






20

Sheikh bin Aasib
came last night & called
Baganda & Arab agents
beaten back with loss
and one killed by the
25scouts of Mirambo


0080

28th July 1872.




29th 30th News of safari
coming at Ugogo = 12 days off


5

31st soldered tin box
and renewed powder in
the cartridges for big gun






10

1st August 1872 S.
visited Nkasiwa =
Baganda sent to see who
stopped the way - were de-
-tained in Usui by a
15false report that the
war was finished here
they are to be sent back
to bring on reinforcements
about a thousand being
20at Usui or Busubi
about 30 arrived today




2nd New ☾ this evening




25

3d Visited Salem bin
Seff
ill of fever = hospitable
then off to Sultan bin Ali
& home = He effected the

0081
flight of all the Baganda
pagazi by giving ten strings
of beads to a Motusi to go
& by night spread a panic
5among them = all bolted =




4th - 5th Visit Nkasiwa
6th Beads for 5 days = 7th Visit
Sheikh bin Nasib =


10

8th S. 9th 3 men arrived
from Zanzibar = thanks




10th Beads for 6 days


15

11th Safari arrived
left Bagamoio 29th May
2 + 30 + 31 + 11w = 74 days




20

12th serve Dura out
visit Sultan bin Ali




13th Dura & cloths 5
each = 23d 24th =


25

14th Dura = gave 4
Nassikers 2 dotis each
Mr S. left 14th March .....
Men arrived 11th Aug. - 5 months


0082
      to go with Safari
I S Merikane 5 Jorahs
      coloured = 8 dotis



5II S Merikano 5 Jorahs
      coloured 8 dotis



III S Merikikane 5 [      ]{Jorahs}
      coloured 8 dotis

10

IV S Merikano 5 Jorahs
      coloured 8 dotis



V Merikano fine 5 pr
15      coloured 8 dotis



VI Mer. fine 4 Jorahs
      Kunguru 2 Jorahs
      Kanike 2 Jorahs
20      coloured 4 Jorahs

0083
VII Mer. fine 4 Jor
      Kanike 4 Jor-
      coloured 4 Jor



5VIII Mer fine - 4 Jorahs
      coloured 4 Do
      Kanike 4 Jorahs



IX Mer fine = 2 Jorahs
10S. Mer
      Kanike - Jor
    coloured - 8 dotis



X S. Mer. fine 1 Jorahs
15      Kanike - 7 dotis
      Mer. Satine 1 Jorah
      coloured - 23 dotis



1[ ]{0} loads cloth in all
201[ ]{5} beads
9 ammunition
[ ]{8} food & clothes

0084

S. 15th August 1872




A fellow claimed
$10 for H. Ashina and
5Amoda foolishly gave
2 dotis = son of Moene-
mokaia
called Moene
dongo




10

16th 5 ÷ 14 = 70 Beads
Wooden cartridge box 1
Powder & cartridges




Tin boxes each with
1550 packets & 2 [      ] powder
7



3500 cartridges
Fifteen shooter carts are
20in a tin box with flints

0085
        680 600 rifle cartridges
empty - 450 Revol Do



Lesasse has = sugar candles
Leruze has 15 Sh cart & flints


5

Sundries {figure} sextant 2
    3






17th preparing things
10to remain with S. bin Ali




18th Fundo to be
avoided as extortionate
Went to bid adieu
15to Sultan bin Ali and
left goods with him
for the return journey
and [      ] many cartridges
full & empty - nails
20for boat - 2 iron pillars


0086

19th August 1872



waiting for pagazi = Sultan
bin Ali
called = is going
5off to Ufutu



20th Jacob Wainwright
[Rughsa
given]
#John Do =
wish to return to coast
10Ulede made them cattle drivers




52 ) 26
Weighed all the loads again
and gave an equal load
15of lbs 50 to each and
½ loads to 2 Nassickers
the other two take ordinary
loads =


Mabruki L. is left at
20Taborah with Sultan
bin Ali
= has long been
sick and is unable to
go with us - very lazy too




0087

21st gave people an ox
and a discarded wife
a cloth to avoid exposure
by her husband stripping
5her = She is a somebodys child




22nd S. all ready but 10
pagazi lacking




10

{Start} 23d cannot get pagazi
most are sent off to the war






24th 25th started and
went one hour to vil of
15Maganga
^ or yuba by a granite ridge
the weather clear & a fine
breeze from East refreshes

It is of importance to
give short marches at first


20



26th Two Nassikcrs lost a
cow out of ten head of
cattle! March to Boma
of Mogonda = five men
25sent back after the cow
cow not found = was 2 S.
our best milker


0088

27th August 1872





For Mbwanga vil Ebalwa
& Kasekera of Mamba
5cross Torrent now dry &
through forest to vil Ebul-
-wa
then pass on to vil
Kasekera
to sleep S by W



28th Reach Mayole vil
10in 2 hours & rest S & by W
Water scarce in front
through flat forest to a
marshy looking piece of
water where we camp 1½
15altogether S & by W.




29th on through level
forest without water
at present = trees present
20a dry wintry aspect
grass dry but some
flowers shoot out &
fresh grass where burned


0089

Boys at Gunda have
made clever imitation
guns with springs
of a ship off {figure}the reed
5of which each is formed
the hammer is mounted
on a flat square
bit of hard wood
& on moving the
10hammer it clicks
like a real gun S & by W.


                                {figure}


30th The two #
15Nassickers lost
all the cows yesterday
from sheer laziness
they were found a
long way off & one calf
20missing - Suzi
gave them ten cuts
each with a switch
engaging pagazi & Rest


0090

31st August 1872 pass
Kisari's vil 1¼ distant
Penta or Phinta to
sleep South & by W                 3
5perfectly flat Forest




The Buganda boy Kassa
was followed to Gunda
and I delivered him to
10his country men = He escaped
from Mayole vil. this
morning & came at 3
PM his clothes in rags
by running through its
15forests = 11 hours running
say 22 - and is determined
not to leave us






1st Septr 1872 - The same
20sort of level forest to the
S. & by W. = Kwi{Chi}kulu 4 h - 25 m
Manyara called & is
going with us Tomorrow
lasigeañge presented
25a leg of Kongolo

0091
or Taghetsi having
a bunch of white hair
beneath the orbital
sinus = Gave each
5man ten days rations




2nd Two pagazi escaped
taking away 24 dotis
belonging to the men
10sent after them & remain




3nd unsuccessful




4th flat country but sloping
15Southwards = very dry -
course S & by W.          at
Ziwane in Lakelet = Big tree




5th Off before sunrise &
20reach Manyarar in
people tired = Rest, SSW




6th Rest the caravan = as
we must make forced marches
25on account of the Tsetse




7th obliged to remain
on account of fever
in several people


0092

8th Septr 1872 = On to
Ngombe Nullah = SW 4
very hot & people ill - Tsetse




5

9th on one hour to broad
part of Ngombe to rest 1
+ 2 to Telekezan forest 2




10th to Mwera's 3¾3/4 = =
10from first of Ngombe SW.




11th march ½ & Telekeza but
remain = W - this is 8½ in other book




15

12th over flat forest to water in
brown Haematite W 4




13th = 14th = 6 Kamirambo







20

1st August Septr 1872
A flock of small swallows
now appears = seem
#tailless & white bellies




25

5th saw one swift =
a very large puff adder lay
near the path gorged with
some small animal = I hit
it fair on the head & one blow
30was enough = men said it was
a good sign for the journey


0093

Tobe left with Sultan
bin Ali
Merikano 5 yds
                Fine Kamike 4
in one bale ==


5

        Merikano 5 Jorhas
one Kanike 4 -
bale Kunguru 2 -



10

3d     Merikane ^ 3 satines 2 jorhas
bale     coloured 6 dotis + 1
              Kanike = 4 Jorhas






4th          Satine Merikane 5
15        coloured       8 dotis
          Kanike       [ ]{4} Jorhas






Long box Spencer cart & pistol
Do Do S40 - cart Spencer
20shoat to nails carts
empty cartridges 2 tins
long blue box nails of boat &c


0094

The young whydah birds
crouch [            ] at
night for heat - they look
like a wooly ball on a branch
5By day they engage in
pairing & coaxing each
other by lifting a feather
& popping from side to side
of the mate coaxingly - they
10come to the same twig every
night - Like children - they
try to lift heavy weights of
feathers above their strength




15

13th July 1872 saw the
first kites today - (3) one
had spots of white
feathers on body ^ below as if
it were a young one - -
20probably come from North




21st Another nest of
Wagtails flown = eat bread
crumbs - Whydahs busy
25pairing = 6 Aug = Wagtails
begin to discard{√} the young
which feed themselves


0095

The young = 19th June 1872
Whydaws though full
fledged still gladly take a
feed from their dam -
5putting down the breast to the
ground & cocking up the bill
and chirrupping in the
most engaging manner
and winning way they know
10Dam gives a little still but
administers a friendly
shoree off too - they all
pick up feathers or grass
and hop from side to side
15of mates as if saying come
let us play at making
little houses = Wagtail has
shaken her young quite off
and has a new nest -
20warbles pretty{i}ly very much
like a canary - is extremely
active in catching flies
but eats crumbs of bread
and milk too - sun
25birds visit the pomegran
ate flowers and eat insects
there in too as well as nectar


0096

near Kasangangaze saw
boys shooting locusts
that settled on the
ground with little bows
5and arrows




The first smile of an
infant with its tooth-
-less gums is one of the
10pleasantest sights in
nature = Innocence
claiming kinship and
asking to be looed in
its helplessness


15

Cock Whydaw bird died in
the night - brood came &
chirrupped to it for food -
tried to awake it as if not
20knowing death -


Wagtail dam refused its
young a caterpillar till it
had killed it - ran away
{√} from it but then gave it when
25ready to be swallowed


0097

Two Whydaw birds
with black throats and
white breasts & brown on
rest of body had their nests
5destroyed several times by
boys = they put back their
eggs as they have the power
to do & now build again


25th May 1872 - another
10pair of red breasted cock had
10 chickens & now rebuild
afresh - see case of Trout
in other book May 25th
Red cock bird feeds all the
15brood - each puts his head
on one side as he inserts it
in his bill = chirruping
briskly & bothering him -


The young ones lift up a
20feather as a doll & invite
[suspect] others to do the same in
play as children make
miniature houses -
one cock & hen paired he
25skips from side to side with
a feather in his bill and
she is pleased = nature
is full of enjoyment


0098

Scene facing the Tembe at Kiwihara = low rounded
granite tree covered hills = rows of mtama or dura
& Baganda huts -


{figure}
0099
{figure}
{figure}
0100
Pink & samsam [  ]
Bulbu 56
Box of
Sungomazi 66figure

5with box 140 lbs
Kirinda & 4 frasilas +36

Eighteen is Kirinda
17 Seventeen ^ B[  ]{ea}ds in all
20 loads of calico
10Tas - 12     sundries
boat

Tent = 49 ?

dishes                  4 loads of
Brass wire
15each ^ end 6 coils but
2 of 5 coils =
3 [ ] loads of
62 lbs & 70 lbs




20 [Beads] 17 + 3 Wire = 20
20 - calico = 20

    sundries 12
        loads = 52


25bedding
bullets
cartridges (2)
medicine
Flour
30biscuts
Fruits
books
Brass wire

35

0101
        10th May 1872


Kanyera 60
Kanyera 52
5Merikane or
fine white 60
        - 60
        - 59
        - 60
10Tunduguru 61
Tunduguru 62
Langio 60
Langio 8{2}0
Langio 66 #50
15Matunda 50
Matunda - 30
Samsam 60
Samsam 60

0102

and the valleys are filled
with smoke in the evenings
in consequence -


The Baganda are slaves
5in comparison - black
with a tinge of copper colour
sometimes - bridgeless
noses = large nostrils &
lips but well made limbs
10and feet √ √ A in loco




23d May 1872 A family of
ten Whyda birds = vidua
purpurea
- come to Pomgran
15ate trees in our yard - the
eight young ones full fledged
are fed by the dam as pigeons
do bring up the food from
the crop without the bow-
20ing & bending of the pigeons
they chirrup briskly for food
the dam gives most while
the red breasted cock gives
to one or two & then knocks
25the rest away √ in loco


0103

Note = the Batusi
are the cattle herds of
all this Unyanyembe
region
= very polite
5in address = women
have small compact
well shaped heads
and pretty faces
colour brown - very
10pleasant to speak to
well shaped bodies
with small hands &
feet - the last with high
insteps and springy
15altogether = Plants &
grass are collected
every day and a fire
with much smoke
made to fumigate
20the cattle = & keep off
flies - the cattle like it


0104

Mabruki 30 yds & 2 dotis
Ntaoeka 3 dotis -
S.


0105

Kefhalek = 1 fathom
11th Aug 5 dotis 10th April 72




20th February 1872 Paid to
5Susi = Amoda = Chuma
Gardner = Mabruki =
Halima = Mochosi each
one gora merikano of
ten doti each =         7 gorah


10

23d June Singaro = 1 fathom




Safen
1531st July = Merikane 1 Doti
11th August [    ] 5 Dotis



11th August 1872
advanced one piece Mer-
2042¼ Susi 42½ Chuma
42½ Gardner 42½
Amoda = one bale
Halima 30 yds Michosi yds


0106

Made of five strand
sounding line of 375
fathoms = marked at
each hundred and
5then at 50 = from
which to end 25 fms






Tarred the Tent




10

                & paid                 months
Engaged ^ 5 Octr 1869 = 2½
Jany to Decr 1870 = 12
Jany to Decr 1871 = 12
Jany to July 1872 = 6


15

Deduct for Cholera months 3 2½ & other
sickness 3 months - 7
for time to come + 4 Do = 25
sheer loss of time by
20employing slaves
two years & one month
additional tramp 2000 miles


0107

Boat never to be
dragged but carried
there after all is
secure turn boat
5upside down - then
brine = wet it well
there with & when
dry put on tar let
it dry & put no 2 tar
10Dont use rudder
take out the rudder pins
& eyes


A centre seam to be
sewed in


15

Keel oars & tools
65½ lbs
Boat Ribs sterns
& knees - 63 lbs
20Tar =


0108

Boat = first keel &
stern piece = their ribs
to be fastened to keel as
numbered - then bam-
5-boo outside ribs along - and
thwarts = their bamboo
inside - lift the whole
& place it inside the
canvass & fasten it = put salt
10brine on it & outside
the tar

with rope sewed & loops
every six inches &
15fastened onto inside
bamboo - screws
which fasten
bamboos must
not go to convoys
20Extra piece of
canvas along
bottom outside
to protect it
from sand



0109

Paid 7 pieces to
own people 20th
Feby 1872

67 pieces left
5and put up in bales
of 5 pieces each and
4 pieces Kanike = 68 lbs
or 13 loads =
and 5 loads beads


10{figure}
0110
{figure}


Matunda 58 lbs
Samsam 64 -
5Katundug wire 70 -
Langio 70
Samsam 68
Do 12


10found Samsam 144 = 4

140 +


                                        charged 70 = 2
15                                              found 58
                                                        - 12

{figure}
0111
{figure}
0112
{figure}

[      ]{Cloth} found at Unyanyembe


0113
{figure}


0114

Stanleys nine bales
and one of mine of
5 Jorahs Merikane
Mr Stanley's is very
5inferior Satine
calico but good coloured
cloths - this makes
with one bale found
3d May 1872 12 bales
10Merikane = 8 ½ Do Stanleys
July Expended another bale






15

Matango = watermelons


0115

28 Do Barsati broad
red bands
70 dotis Handchiefs
127 Rihane yellow
5bands -


20 Do Mavele
20 Do Solari Red & yellow
22 Red Kumgure
fine red check
108 Do Rihane -




697 dotis in all






2nd May 1872 found a
15bale of five Jorahs hidden
by Athman the thief in
Pain's goods = 50 dotis






Expended the coloured
20clothes of one of Mr


0116




In Manyuema
commerce had not
begun to break up
5the death-like stagnation
which characterises
the earlier periods of
man and to send
through the nation
10its circulatory tides
feeble of pulse & slow
but instinct not-
withstanding with the
first life of civili-
15zation






copper sheets                 12


Nine loads Calico
411 dotis of coloured
20cloths = 285 dotis
of Merikane 76 Do
Kamike = 41 Dobwane


0117

eight days south
then go North to
Dugumbe = pass
him & go round to
5Tanganyika and
Ujiji = Home -






[Beads] Merikano 2
Kanyera 2
10Langio2
1 mixed pink & samsam
tine Kanyera 1
Merikanz - 1
Black Buhn 1
15Sunago maze 1
Matunda 1
500 fine singe mooz 1
Tundugenuru 1
Refuse mixer ½
20Brass Wire coils 38

0118
& money from H.M.S.
some small tins
crackers and flour
a few tins preserved
5fruits = Sardines =
Gunpowder in
[10 ^ 1 ounce] kegs = balls = 3000
Resin Jalap -
6 strong Padlocks
10 [2] Nautical Almanacs
for 1872 = 3 -
Whittiers Poems

Freemen engaged 2 years
go to Katanga {figure}
15beyond it - to be
paid additional
for carrying and
be allowed to
invest their pay in
20ivory but not in
slaves = to go from


0119

50 - ^ men to be engaged at
Zanzibar at $25 = $30
a year = half advance
NO slaves or Banians


5

Guns for each


[Honga] Flints - =1000 300 = 500
[cloth] powder horns =
[rations] one good Headman
10at larger pay
promise to give
him goods to
buy worry in its
ivory country

15two strong donkeys
not to be ridden
or get water at
Merego Mkali
on any account -
20200 Enfield cart-
ridges & caps

one barometer

0120
{figure}

siñgeri


0121

2d April 1872 = a
Kwihara = Unyanyembe
Whydah birds building
their nests = the cock
5brings fine grass seed
stalks off the top of the
Tembe = takes the end in
and pulls it all through
the entrance save the
10ears = The hen keep inside
constantly arranging
the grass with all her
might & sometimes
making the whole nest
15move by her afforts -
Feathers after the grass -



[                  ]


0122
{figure}
0123

The haze clad mount
ains across Tangan-
-yika
beyond greenish
blue water loom high - &
5often in the mornings
whole scen{en}es covered
with a brilliant
glare of low mist on
the surface ^ shuare which
10about 11 AM begins
to rock and dance in
waves preceeding the
coming SW wind -


A low restless
15sound of wind & water
preceed as a thunder-
storm = after the
calm intense heat
of the sun whose blind
20-ing rays beat and
burn till the cracked
earth smokes im
mediately after it
receives the rains


0124

frequent what the
feral dread - this feeling
of safety near man
I have noticed for
5many years in singing
birds - a small bird
flees to man to escape
hawks and singing
birds are a sign that
10a village is near -
considering how the
large game are killed
by man it is remark-
able that they still
15cling to his neighbour-
-hood - but the raven-
ous beast of prey inspires
greater dread - Wag-
-tails came off to
20meet our canoe
& keep in deserted well


0125
{figure}

        Ludha will leave
        me about £200 out
        of £500!


5

12th January 1872 at a
river perhaps Mtambu -
The chirongoze a keen
huntsman gave a bit of
10genuine natural history -
He asserted that all
the large game comes
near to human dwell-
-ings for safety from the
15lions and leopards
the feral dread man &
his haunts and the
game except the elephant
observe this, and


0126
{figure}
0127
0128

From Tanganyika to
Unyanyembe -- 215 miles

From Ujiji = + 60' = 275=




5

English miles 360 = 720




Wagogo mohonqo 150 dotis =
300 fathoms or 600 yards -




10

Wavinza = Nsogerasson
12 dotis - seala 33 dotis
Muruari of ferry 7 dotis
52 dotis - 1 ore fms = 208 yds


Waha = Mutuari 22 dotis
152 mionvu 6 dotis - King =
70 dotis = Mateko 4 dotis
Kings brother 30 dotis = 130
dotis = 260 fms or = 520 yds
Ran away from rest of
20about 70 dotis more {figure}


£80 or $400


0129

                                1871
{figure}
2 rows of teeth above
first labial {figure}
5second of {figure} knobs
each = below one row
size of a good large
herring - brick red
patch on gills
10yellow iris = greenish head
& back silver belly


0130

{figure}



0131

                Further from Dr. Livingstone.


London, Aug. 29. Dr. Kirk of Zanzibar writes that
Dr. Livingstone is still in the country west of the
Tanganyika and the Arabs there count him as a resi-
5dent. In that region no feeling is manifested toward
him. He is moving slowly but safely, and will leave no
doubts in the geographical problem whether Lake Tan-
ganayika
is the real head of the Nile, or whether it
empties by the Congo.



0132

{figure}
Mukamba crater lake
boundary of Bavira & Babembe


0133
{figure}
0134
{figure}


L[      ]pt                                         2020
Magala pt                                   1770
5Chanate Mt                           N 5 East




from Lohanga to Magala
160° D point far beyond 1600


{figure}
10

From Ngobe Rt
back to bhamate Mt                   10°
D is let Ngofi                                 210°
to point Lebunmba                   200°


{figure}
0135
{figure}

White Clouds - Fleecy


0136
{figure}
0137
M Kiruba Do

the head of Lusize
is called Kwangere
5-gere
- Rises w Kivo
territory ^ between
N.E. portion Motumbe
Luanda bordering
on Runda which
10is done to Karagwe
Sultan of Motumbi
is Naviungu or
Nyabungu


Gitara former
15Sultan of Itara


{figure}


0138
Muguera
M^Mgere a Mphanda
Mgera Karundwa
at         rimashanyas

5Mgera a Kanige
  Do
M Kagonise to Lusize
M Kaburan Do
M Muhira Do
10M Niamagana Do
M Niakagunda Do
M Luviro Do
M Rofubu Do
M Kavimbira Do
15M Miove Do
M Ruhwha Do
M Mokindo Do
M Sange Do
M Rubirize Do

0139
{figure}
0140

20th from camp near cape
Kitunda
N & by W ½ W     2 hours

to cape Kasofu = [      ] to ?
cape far off N & by W ½ W
5sleep at {figure} Mokingo and
were robbed at night by
travelling natives




21 = [      ] now looks near
10along coast coast to market - 2 hours
Past Bikari thieves to
R Morembwe - -                             5

to R Damah -                                   1




15

to send a key a night                   5
at night Mvgewe                           6




23rd to Magala                               2
24th go to Kizuka pt                     
20High wind drove us in




25th to Mogere R                           
discoloured water
R Mpanda = R Kisemo in
25North from Magere


{figure}
0141
{figure}
0142

W 2 hours = then W of W
to Kigombes to Bangwe
                                        15 miles




5

North Kagoma 3 villages 15 mutis


North ½ East. #      island nearly [      ]
into move north
deep bay on East side 2 miles [      ]
                2 deep

10




17th Highland N & S 2 Hours
15Mbwara isle N W & N by W
20 miles off = is called
Mozima = people Bware




Borundi a Ñongo 20' N
20chief Moezi
= pass rill & sleep at big
Frens India Nyasanga




18th NNE to Matumba
252 hours
= many vil & palms
to valley large Ka Mgongo Rt
to Kirassa Mt wooded and
from shore 115 fms line broke
place of camp 3 zassi


30

19th to large vil & cows 1 hour
Kagunga = Banda         1 Do
boundary of Rundi & Ujiji
to Kitunda cape         2

35NW by W from Namisinga


0143
0144
{figure}
0145