Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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APPl^fDIX.
althaagh the Portuguese Govemmeiit have
abolished the slaye-trade in Mozambique, I
mast saj I do not believe it is aboHshed, or will
be abolished withoat a British squadron to
watch it. Up to recently there was no trade
whatever in the Mozambique dominions except
the slave-trade ;
the whole business of the Portuguese
population was men-stealing and menselTing.
At the five chief porta, Ibo, Mozambique,
Inhambane, and the mouths of the Zambesi,
the only trade was in men.
Large parties
of half-caste Portuguese, led very often by Porf"
tuguese, scoured all the interior, and brought ^
ihooe slaves down to be sold.*'
627. " Do you think that slaves are still taken
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to E.eunion?"— "I have no recent information ;,
about it. We have now a Consul at Reunion, *
and I should think he would be able to state
whether they are still importing slaves under
the name of free engagees.'*
628. " What are the products of the interior
of the country about Lake Nyassa?"— "All
sorts of grains and vegetables.
Li the valleys of
those large rivers opposite Zanzibar, within the
Saltan's dominions, they are now cultivating
simi-sim, fronai which most of our fine olive oil is
made, which goes very largely to Marseilles.
In the last few years a great trade has sprung
up in orchilla, which is a porple dye, and sugar