Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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villages, peopled by some of the liberated
slaves, who should, however, have been detained
at the main station for at least a year or
two, for
the purpose of teaching them to speak
and read English and the first principles of
rehgion, for if we neglect to teach them these,
it
would be better for the honour of England,
to avoid the terrible responsibility, and to
withdraw from the undertaking altogether, for,
depend upon it, " from whom much is given,
much will be required."
From the most intelligent and the most
advanced of the educated negroes should be
selected chief and petty magistrates, with
limited power over the intermediate villages
between Darra Salaam and the main stations,
which I propose should be formed at
intervals
of fifty to eighty miles along the road.
I do not, however, propose to throw the
burden of this undertaking entirely on the
Grovernment, though I believe it would be as
economical
a plan as any, the land being purchased
and a sufficient force being established
for its defence by the Government, would be