It actually did come, and was put up on a pole.
I am most unfeignedly thankful that Stanley and Webb have acted nobly.
_14th June, 1872._--On 22nd June Stanley was 100 days gone: he must be in London now.
Seyed bin Mohamad Margibbe called to say that he was going off towards Katanga to-morrow by way of Amran.

I feel inclined to go by way of Fipa rather, though I should much like to visit Merere.

By the bye, he says too that the so-called Portuguese had filed teeth, and are therefore Mambarre.
_15th June, 1872._--Lewale doubts Sangara on account of having brought no letters.

Nothing can be believed in this land unless it is in black and white, and but little even then; the most circumstantial details are often mere figments of the brain.

The one half one hears may safely be called false, and the other half doubtful or _not proven._ Sultan bin Ali doubts Sangara's statements also, but says, "Let us wait and see the men arrive, to confirm or reject them." I incline to belief, because he says that he did not see the men, but heard of them at Bagamoio.
_16th June, 1872._--Nsare chief, Msalala, came selling from Sakuma on the north--a jocular man, always a favourite with the ladies.