Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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THE CTvUISE OF THE " CASTOR." 13
the " Dee," under the temporary command of
Lieut. Crowder, sailed from Simons Bay, on
the 1st October, for the Mozambique Channel
and east coast of Africa.
"We arrived, after a fortnight's passage, at St.
Augustine's Bay, remaining there
for two days
for the purpose of watering the ship.
It may not be out of place here to^ive some
description of the inhabitants of this part of
Madagascar, situated in the south-west of the
island, which is, in round numbers, about 700
miles long by 300 broad; St. Augustine's
Bay is about 250 miles from the capital. It
can hardly be said that it is under the laws or
government of the king, for the natives of the
villages within a few miles of each other are
continually fighting amongst themselves upon
the smallest
provocation, or to obtain plunder
and so warhke is this copper-coloured race
that it has been found too dangerous, indeed
almost impossible, to make slaves of them.
Intellectually, they are as far superior to the
ordinary African negro as are the Somaulies
or Gallas in the north of Africa, neither of