Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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tribe, and lie replied tliat lie considered it a new
species altogether till then undiscovered; and
for tlie benefit of natural historians he would call
it " Lumpy Keboko," " Keboko " being the
Arabic word for hippopotamus. Another of the
same tribe acquired the name of " the Toad,"
Amongst the men on board was one who
belonged to the Monheka tribe, whose country
adjoins the Gallas, and a finer specimen of a
man could rarely be found. He had escaped
from Brava on seeing the ship anchored about
two miles off, by swimming against wind and
current fi'om the shore, and had actually swum
two-thirds of the distance when he was seen
from the mast-head and a boat sent to pick
him up. On his arrival on board he told us
he was the slave of a very cruel master and he
wanted to escape. On being asked his name,
he replied with something that sounded so like
"Marlborough," that we gave him that name
and made him captain of all
the other niggers,
to keep them in order and superintend the
cooking, servftig out their provisions, &c.—
duty he carried out well — proving a most