Possibly the first and last altitudes may give the rate of going, and the frequent distances between may give approximate longitude.
_4th April, 1871._--Moon, the fourth of the Arabs, will appear in three or four days.

This will be a guide in ascertaining the day of observing the lunars, with the weight.
The Arabs ask many questions about the Bible, and want to know how many prophets have appeared, and probably say that they believe in them all; while we believe all but reject Mohamad.

It is easy to drive them into a corner by questioning, as they don't know whither the inquiries lead, and they are not offended when their knowledge is, as it were, admitted.
When asked how many false prophets are known, they appeal to my knowledge, and evidently never heard of Balaam, the son of Beor, or of the 250 false prophets of Jezebel and Ahab, or of the many lying prophets referred to in the Bible.
_6th April, 1871._--Ill from drinking two cups of very sweet malofu, or beer, made from bananas: I shall touch it no more.
_7th April, 1871._--Made this ink with the seeds of a plant, called by the Arabs Zugifare; it is known in India, and is used here by the Manyuema to dye virambos and ornament faces and heads.[14] I sent my people over to the other side to cut wood to build a house for me; the borrowed one has mud walls and floors, which are damp, foul, smelling, and unwholesome.

I shall have grass walls, and grass and reeds on the floor of my own house; the free ventilation will keep it sweet.

This is the season called Masika, the finishing rains, which we have in large quantities almost every night, and I could scarcely travel even if I had a canoe; still it is trying to be kept back by suspicion, and by the wickedness of the wicked.
Some of the Arabs try to be kind, and send cooked food every day: Abed is the chief donor.