29 Fine day. Occasionally cloudy. No rain.
30 Fine day. Occasionally cloudy. No rain.
31 Violent rains in night and all morning.
Remarks.—Rains at Kazeh, began on 14th November.
At Ujiji about 2 months earlier. At Msene 1 month earlier.
Not heavy at first; no burst of monsoon, as in India, but invariably accompanied by violent thunder and lightning.
The sun of the rains is considered very sickly; it burns with a violent and nauseating heat, truly uncomfortable.
The wind during this month, N. after midnight till sunrise, when it becomes raw and cold. During the day warmer, and veered round to S.E. This was constant point. In evenings, and often at nights, it became a complete blast.
Direction of rain in Ujiji, generally either from N., from S.E., and from S.W. But it was, as everywhere, very variable. The S.E. and E. wind seems to prevail everywhere, from Ugogo to the Lake.
OBSERVATIONS MADE AT UNYANYEMBE, Lat. S. 5° 4′ 12″, Alt. 3436 ABOVE S. L., DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1858.