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Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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THE CRUISE OP THE " DAPHNE." 183<br />

A woman of the Galla tribe was tlie first to<br />

come up.<br />

On the <strong>in</strong>terpreter hand<strong>in</strong>g a chair to<br />

her, she took her seat <strong>in</strong> it as if she had been<br />

accustomed to one all her life, though perhaps<br />

it was the first she had ever seen.<br />

" How did you get on board the dhow ?"<br />

"I was stolen with several others from a village."<br />

" AVliere is your husband ?"<br />

" He was killed <strong>in</strong> the fight."<br />

"What is the religion of your tribe ?"<br />

"When they wanted ra<strong>in</strong> they went to a<br />

priest to get it."<br />

"Did he pray for it?"<br />

She didn't know.<br />

" When their friends died what did they do?"<br />

" <strong>The</strong>y took the body to a priest, with a<br />

bullock, and he buried it."<br />

"Mio is your god?"<br />

She didn't know.<br />

" Who is the priest's god ?"<br />

She couldn't tell.<br />

"When she died what would become of her?"<br />

She didn't know.

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