Rain almost daily, but less in amount now.

Bombay says his greatest desire is to visit Speke's grave ere he dies: he has a square head with the top depressed in the centre.
_29th January, 1872._--We ascended a ridge, the edge of a flat basin with ledges of dark brown sandstone, the brim of ponds in which were deposited great masses of brown haematite, disintegrated into gravel, flat open forest with short grass.

We crossed a rill of light-coloured water three times and reached a village.

After this in 1-1/2 hour we came to Merera's.
_30th January, 1872._--At Merera's, the second of the name.

Much rain and very heavy; food abundant.