The distance between master and man increases as the lust of gain is developed, hence we can hope for no improvement in the slave's condition, unless the master returns to or remains in barbarism.
_6th March, 1866._--Rains have begun now that the sun is overhead.

We expect the _Penguin_ daily to come from Johanna, and take us to the Rovuma.

It is an unwholesome place; six of my men have fever; few retain health long, and considering the lowness of the island, and the absence of sanitary regulations in the town, it is not to be wondered at.

The Sultan has little power, being only the successor to the captain of the horde of Arabs who came down and overran the island and maritime coasts of the adjacent continent.

He is called only Said or Syed, never Sultan; and they can boast of choosing a new one if he does not suit them.