Sundry quasi superstitious uses are made of the 10 embolismal days following the Nau-roz. Should rains—locally called Miongo—fall on the first day, showers are prognosticated for the tenth; if on the second, the twentieth will be wet; and so forth till the tenth, which if rainy suggests that the Kausi or S.W. monsoon will set in early. The seasons of navigation are thus reckoned. The Vuli rains are supposed to begin 30 days, counting from the twentieth, after Nauroz. On the eightieth (some say the ninetieth) day are expected thunder, lightning, and heavy rains at the meeting of the monsoons (mid-November), and so forth. Possibly this may be a reflection of the Hindu idea which represents the Garbhas to be the fetuses of the clouds, and born 195 days after conception. With us the people mark the periods by saints’ days. The Bernais say— Après le jour de la Sainte Luce, Les jours s’allongent le saut d’une puce. The Escuara proverb declares— Sanct Seimon etu Juda, Negua eldu da. (‘At St Simon and St Jude, water may be viewed.’) The basis of the following calculation is thoroughly Kisawahili— S’el pleut le jour de Saint Médard, (June 8) Il pleut quarante jours plus tard. Nor is our popular doggrel less so— Saint Swithin’s Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain. Saint Swithin’s Day, if thou be fair, For forty days ’twill rain nae mair. The Wasawahili also calculate their agricultural seasons from the stars called Kilímia, a name probably derived from Ku lima, to plough. I believe them to be Pleiades, but my sudden departure from the coast prevented my making especial inquiries. When this constellation is in the west at night the peasants say, ‘Kilímia, if it sets during the rains, rises in fair weather,’ and vice versâ. Also Kilímia appearing in the east is a signal for the agriculturist to prepare his land. SECTION 3. Climate continued—Notes on the Nosology of Zanzibar—Effects on Strangers.