Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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province of India famine was threatened, and
the prices were at once lowered by importation
from the Persian Gulf. He remarked the fact
immediately, and pointed out that the grain
that was imported was grain that could be
produced to any extent in some of the high
lands at a little distance from the coast of
Africa, and that
grain of different kinds, suited
to the Indian taste, could be laid down on
the coast at a rate which would render its
transit to India a matter of commercial certainty."
456. Sir John Hay.'] " The grain being cultivated
by free labour, I suppose ? "— " There was
very little free labour known then, but he
spoke rather of the capabilities of the coast ;
spoke particularly of the coast round Mombaza,
where there are a few Englishmen settled, I
think, who belong to the Church Missionary
Society."
448. " I think you heard a portion of Mr.
Churchill's evidence, and probably you have
read his evidence given on a former day; have
you any remarks to make on that evidence?"
— " I have no doubt with regard to the facts
of the case that Mr. Churcliill's evidence is
very full and accurate ; but I entirely disagree
with the remedies he proposes for putting a stop
to the slave-trade. It appears to me that the
he