Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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^[oJ!hrla, the tribe of tlie coimtiy adjoining
the G alias.
Lc(joJui or Messcgoni, the tribe that bring
ivory from the interior.
M!)il/('m'i:c'\ next, or close to, the Legoha
tribe.
Kamamjo, Machimjtii Mazo. Mal-oo, Maheov
Nt'lM^sOy MoihjiuJdy more southern tribes.
Like birds of a feather, these negives were
always found in groups together aecoixiiug to
tlieir tribes, some of them being much superior
to the rest in intellect, as well as in appieanmce.
The Galla tribe have none of the negro in
tlieir featiuvs ; they are a handsome race
and those on boaixij both men and women,
weiv so without exception ; the men powerfully
built, and the women positively graceful in
form and movement, whilst their bright, intelligent
fi\ces and long curlj hair gave them
quite a ci^^lized appeaniuce, and could thev
but exchange the dark oopper-coloured complexion
for a white one, it would be almost
impossible to make slaves of them. The
Somallit^ with whom they are always at war.