Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

186 DHOW-CHASING.
" From when the corn was young to when it
was cut;
about three moons."
"How many slaves were in the dhowwith you?"
"A great many; five died, and some were
drowned in landing."
Arabs told them white man would eat
them
to make them go into the water and run away.
It would be impossible to give all the statements
of these negroes here. There was a
great similarity of detail amongst them, which
might be summed up as follows:— "fights,"
"murders," "robberies," "separation from
friends," "long journeys," "cruel treatment,"
and "sold at some market to be taken they
know not where, with the conviction that it was
impossible ever to return to their own land or
relations again."
Let some of those first Lieutenants who can
appreciate
the position of having expended the
last pound of paint in completing the ship for
an anticipated inspection, picture to themselves
the position of Lieut. Acklom, who for six weeks
had the mortification of seeing the ship turned
into a depot for negroes, who had no special