18th February, 1872.—­This, and Mr. Stanley’s goods being found in his possession, make me resolve to have done with him.  My losses by the robberies of the Banian employed slaves are more than made up by Mr. Stanley, who has given me twelve bales of calico; nine loads = fourteen and a half bags of beads; thirty-eight coils of brass wire; a tent; boat; bath; cooking pots; twelve copper sheets; air beds; trowsers; jackets, &c.  Indeed, I am again quite set up, and as soon as he can send men, not slaves, from the coast I go to my work, with a fair prospect of finishing it.

19th February, 1872.—­Rest.  Receive 38 coils of brass wire from Mr. Stanley, 14-1/2 bags of beads, 12 copper sheets, a strong canvas tent, boat-trowsers, nine loads of calico, a bath, cooking pots, a medicine chest, a good lot of tools, tacks, screw nails, copper nails, books, medicines, paper, tar, many cartridges, and some shot.

20th February, 1872.—­To my great joy I got four flannel shirt from Agnes, and I was delighted to find that two pairs of fine English boots had most considerately been sent by my friend Mr. Waller.  Mr. Stanley and I measured the calico and found that 733-3/4 yards were wanting, also two frasilahs of samsam, and one case of brandy.  Othman pretended sickness, and blamed the dead men, but produced a bale of calico hidden in Thani’s goods; this reduced the missing quantity to 436-1/2 yards.

21st February, 1872.—­Heavy rains.  I am glad we are in shelter.  Masudi is an Arab, near to Ali bin Salem at Bagamoio.  Bushir is an Arab, for whose slave he took a bale of calico.  Masudi took this Chirongozi, who is not a slave, as a pagazi or porter.  Robbed by Bushir at the 5th camp from Bagamoio.  Othman confessed that he knew of the sale of the box of brandy, and brought also a shawl which he had forgotten:  I searched him, and found Mr. Stanley’s stores which he had stolen.

22nd February, 1872.—­Service this morning, and thanked God for safety thus far.  Got a packet of letters from an Arab.

23rd February, 1872.—­Send to Governor for a box which he has kept for four years:  it is all eaten by white ants:  two fine guns and a pistol are quite destroyed, all the wood-work being eaten.  The brandy bottles were broken to make it appear as if by an accident, but the corks being driven in, and corks of maize cobs used in their place, show that a thief has drunk the brandy and then broken the bottles.  The tea was spoiled, but the china was safe, and the cheese good.

24th February, 1872.—­Writing a despatch to Lord Granville against Banian slaving, and in favour of an English native settlement transfer.

25th February, 1872.—­A number of Batusi women came to-day asking for presents.  They are tall and graceful in form, with well-shaped small heads, noses, and mouths.  They are the chief owners of cattle here.  The war with Mirambo is still going on.  The Governor is ashamed to visit me.