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Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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THE CEUISE OF THE " DAPHNE." 213<br />

build<strong>in</strong>g liad also been erected, a k<strong>in</strong>d of official<br />

hotel for foreign consuls, or otliers, on tlieir<br />

visits from <strong>Zanzibar</strong>, and tliere Mr. and Mrs.<br />

Kirk took up tlieir abode, the Bishop rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

on board.<br />

Dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

few days we were here Dr. Kirk<br />

accompanied me up the river occasionally for<br />

the purpose of shoot<strong>in</strong>g hippopotami, which<br />

abound <strong>in</strong> every part of the river ; but there is<br />

one difficulty <strong>in</strong> gett<strong>in</strong>g possession of these<br />

animals, if you kill them <strong>in</strong> the water, they s<strong>in</strong>k<br />

not to rise aga<strong>in</strong> perhaps for many hours or<br />

even days ; if you only wound them, they dive<br />

and eventually escape to some other part of the<br />

banks and get away <strong>in</strong>to the country, where<br />

the natives often f<strong>in</strong>d them. We had many<br />

shots at these huge animals, but om^ Snider<br />

rifles were of little use aga<strong>in</strong>st their thick<br />

hides, and though we wounded many of them<br />

we never captured one.<br />

At the end of the week we returned to<br />

<strong>Zanzibar</strong>, and on the follow<strong>in</strong>g day sailed for<br />

the Mozambique harbour, whore we arrived on<br />

the 17th July; thence we proceeded to Mafa-

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