Minimum temperature is as low as 46 deg.; sometimes 33 deg.
_24th June, 1867._--The Arabs are all busy reading their Koran, or Kuran, and in praying for direction; to-morrow they will call a meeting to deliberate as to what steps they will take in the Nsama affair.

Hamees, it seems, is highly thought of by that chief, who says, "Let him come, and all will be right." Hamees proposes to go with but a few people.

These Zanzibar men are very different from the slavers of the Waiyau country.
_25th June, 1867._--The people, though called, did not assemble, but they will come to-morrow.
Young wagtails nearly full-fledged took wing, leaving one in the nest; from not being molested by the people they took no precautions, and ran out of the nest on the approach of the old ones, making a loud chirping.

The old ones tried to induce the last one to come out too, by flying to the nest, and then making a sally forth, turning round immediately to see if he followed: he took a few days longer.
It was decided at the meeting that Hamees, with a few people only, should go to Nsama on the first day after the appearance of the new moon (they are very particular on this point); the present month having been an unhappy one they will try the next.
_28th June, 1867._--A wedding took place among the Arabs to-day.

About a hundred blank cartridges were fired off, and a procession of males, dressed in their best, marched through the village.