Morning fogs show that the river is warmer than the air.
_4th July, 1871._--Hassani off down river in high dudgeon at the cowards who turned after reaching the ivory country.

He leaves them here and goes himself, entirely on land.

I gave him hints to report himself and me to Baker, should he meet any of his headmen.
_5th July, 1871._--The river has fallen three feet in all, that is one foot since 27th June.
I offer Dugumbe $2000, or 400_l._, for ten men to replace the Banian slaves, and enable me to go up the Lomame to Katanga and the underground dwellings, then return and go up by Tanganyika to Ujiji, and I added that I would give all the goods I had at Ujiji besides: he took a few days to consult with his associates.
_6th July, 1871._--Mokandira, and other headmen, came with a present of a pig and a goat on my being about to depart west.

I refused to receive them till my return, and protested against the slander of my wishing to kill people, which they all knew, but did not report to me: this refusal and protest will ring all over the country.
_7th July, 1871._--I was annoyed by a woman frequently beating a slave near my house, but on my reproving her she came and apologized.

I told her to speak softly to her slave, as she was now the only mother the girl had; the slave came from beyond Lomame, and was evidently a lady in her own land; she calls her son Mologwe, or chief, because his father was a headman.
Dugumbe advised my explaining my plan of procedure to the slaves, and he evidently thinks that I wish to carry it towards them with a high hand.
I did explain all the exploration I intended to do: for instance, the fountains of Herodotus--beyond Katanga--Katanga itself, and the underground dwellings, and then return.