Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

300 APPENDIX.
course of a few years ;
you would have to have
a governor there, I should say ; and 200 or 300
men would protect' the whole place; it is a
small island."
419. Lord F. Cavendish.'] "Whom does it
belong to ? "— " It belongs to the Sultan of Zanzibar.
I do not think he would offer much
difficulty to our securing it."
420. Chairman.'] "Would it be possible to
prevent the slave-hunting in the interior ;
and, if
so, how ? "— " Only by a decree from the Sultan
that is to say, that he should prevent his own
subjects from engaging in that trade ; and it is
generally his own subjects
with merchandise and set
who go up country
the negroes fighting
against each other for the purpose of obtaining
slaves."
Sib Baetle Feeee, G.C.S.I., K.O.B., called in;
and examined.
453. " What is the nature and extent of the
Indo-African trade, exclusive of slaves ?" — " It is
very considerable.
Some of the reports before
the Committee give the figures. But the point
that should be noted especially is, that it is a
very old and reviving trade. Before any authentic
Greek history, it is quite clear that
there was a very considerable trade on this
coast, and India had a very considerable share