Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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THE CRUISE OF THE "DAPHNE." 211
necessity of making hay while the sun shone.
He was prompt in everything; he invariably
brought the bill first with the announcement
that— " Everyting is commeen (h)off in boat immedetely
" —the advantage of this plan being
probably, that instead of having to alter the
bill, in case of the discovery that charges had
been inserted by mistake for goods not ordered,
or not supplied, he completed the
stock to correspond
with the charges in the bill, which was
by far the more lucrative
mode of making the
correction.
The supplies being now on board, and
Dr.
Kirk being anxious for an inter^dew with
the Sultan, who was at this time residing at
his palace on the mainland at Darra Salaam,
asked me to convey him across in the "Daphne"
previous to our final departure for the south
thither therefore we proceeded, having on board
Dr. and Mrs. Kirk and their baby, for whom a
patent cradle was constructed out of the
lid of
a box and two chairs.
Bishop Tozer also formed one of the party
he liad had a severe attack of fever, and I had