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Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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216 DHOW-CHASING.<br />

officials were be<strong>in</strong>g enterta<strong>in</strong>ed by liis excellency<br />

at a grand " De Jenny," whicli fully accounted<br />

for the " Daphne " be<strong>in</strong>g put <strong>in</strong>to<br />

quarant<strong>in</strong>e for that day, as it was doubtless not<br />

thought convenient to <strong>in</strong>vite British officers to<br />

meet half-caste and negro grandees; but this<br />

was all made up for the next day, when we were<br />

released from quarant<strong>in</strong>e, by French hospitality<br />

and cordiahty.<br />

Amongst our k<strong>in</strong>d friends there I must not<br />

omit to mention the Commissary-generaP, whose<br />

pretty daughter Marguerite, I fear, turned the<br />

head and captured the heart of more than one<br />

young officer of the " Daphne."<br />

I<br />

A. Cahoiiet de Marolles, Tresorier-Payeur ties Fiuances.

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