Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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the montlis from May to September inclusive, if
tliey can possibly avoid it, unless tliey have
been accustomed to hot climates. The passengers
all slept on deck. One lady was so
seriously ill, that great fears were entertained
for her by the surgeon.
" Saturday.—Both parties as sociable as the
heat would allow."
On Sunday, June 3rd, we arrived at Aden,
and an hour or two afterwards, just as I was
anticipating having to proceed to Seychelles in
chase of the " Pantaloon " which was supposed
to have taken her departure for that place,
she rounded the point and anchored.
She had
captured some dhows about a month previously,
and liberated 300 slaves, among whom were
fifty Galla women, intended for thfe harem of
the Imaum of Muscat.
I superseded Captain Purvis on the 5th of
June, 1866, and on the 8th of the same month
we sailed from Aden, quitting our kind and
hospitable friends General and Mrs. Reines (late
95th Reg.) with regret,—a regret tempered,
however, by the fact that we were leaving the