nine o’clock in the morning
Hence , the doctor preferred not to force the dilation , and so adroitly followed the sinuosities of a pretty sharply-inclined plane , and swept very close to the villages of Thembo and Tura-Wels . The latter forms part of the Unyamwezy , a magnificent country , where the trees attain enormous dimensions ; among them the cactus , which grows to gigantic size . About two o'clock , in magnificent weather , but under a fiery sun that devoured the least breath of air , the balloon was floating over the town of Kazeh , situated about three hundred and fifty miles from the coast . `` We left Zanzibar at nine o'clock in the morning , '' said the doctor , consulting his notes , `` and , after two days ' passage , we have , including our deviations , travelled nearly five hundred geographical miles . Captains Burton and Speke took four months and a half to make the same distance ! '' Kazeh . -- The Noisy Market-place .