13th March, 1869.—­At Rombole; we sleep, then on.

[At last he reached the great Arab settlement at Ujiji, on the eastern shore of Tanganyika.  It was his first visit, but he had arranged that supplies should be forwarded thither by caravans bound inland from Zanzibar.  Most unfortunately his goods were made away with in all directions—­not only on this, but on several other occasions.  The disappointment to a man shattered in health, and craving for letters and stores, must have been severe indeed.]

14th March, 1869.—­Go past Malagarasi River, and reach Ujiji in 3-1/2 hours.  Found Haji Thani’s agent in charge of my remaining goods.  Medicines, wine, and cheese had been left at Unyanyembe, thirteen days east of this.  Milk not to be had, as the cows had not calved, but a present of Assam tea from Mr. Black, the Inspector of the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s affairs, had come from Calcutta, besides my own coffee and a little sugar.  I bought butter; two large pots are sold for two fathoms of blue calico, and four-year-old flour, with which we made bread.  I found great benefit from the tea and coffee, and still more from flannel to the skin.

15th March, 1869.—­Took account of all the goods left by the plunderer; sixty-two out of eighty pieces of cloth (each of twenty-four yards) were stolen, and most of my best beads.  The road to Unyembe[3] is blocked up by a Mazitu or Watuta war, so I must wait till the Governor there gets an opportunity to send them.  The Musa sent with the buffaloes is a genuine specimen of the ill-conditioned, English-hating Arab.  I was accosted on arriving by, “You must give me five dollars a month for all my time;” this though he had brought nothing—­the buffaloes all died—­and did nothing but receive stolen goods.  I tried to make use of him to go a mile every second day for milk, but he shammed sickness so often on that day I had to get another to go; then he made a regular practice of coming into my house, watching what my two attendants were doing, and going about the village with distorted statements against them.

I clothed him, but he tried to make bad blood between the respectable Arab who supplied me with milk and myself, telling him that I abused him, and then he would come back, saying that he abused me!  I can account for his conduct only by attributing it to that which we call ill-conditioned:  I had to expel him from the house.

I repaired a house to keep out the rain, and on the 23rd moved into it.  I gave our Kasanga host a cloth and blanket; he is ill of pneumonia of both lungs.

28th March, 1869.—­Flannel to the skin and tea very beneficial in the cure of my disease; my cough has ceased, and I walk half a mile.  I am writing letters for home.

8th April, 1869.—­Visited Moene Mokaia, who sent me two fowls and rice; gave him two cloths.  He added a sheep.

13th April, 1869.—­Employed Suleyman to write notes to Governor of Unyembe, Syde bin Salem Burashid, to make inquiries about the theft of my goods, as I meant to apply to Syed Majid, and wished to speak truly about his man Musa bin Salum, the chief depredator.