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Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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Baj'on Van der Decken, -wlnose v€fy imibaneBttniiLg<br />

work liaB lately been publislied, speaks iia the<br />

xerj liigbest terms of tlie lertiHtj of the<br />

country, and of the open<strong>in</strong>g thesre is for ifarawde<br />

til ere. He describes a good d^al of HJae comcmtBy,<br />

a little to the north, as hemig a mioraoitaMMHas<br />

country, very utelcIi reseiabliiiig SwitBorilajDdj<br />

and lie says tke cliiefs ajre very aaisifoms to<br />

liaTe Europeans come ajid sefctle aMkongst<br />

tliem."<br />

629. Chairman.'] " You mentioned tlaat Dr.<br />

Liv<strong>in</strong>gstone had found one district niear Lake<br />

Nyassa where cotton was be<strong>in</strong>g cultivated ? "<br />

"Yes, the Manganga country towards Lake<br />

Nyassa. He describes the whole country .as<br />

be<strong>in</strong>g a field ©f cotton, aE the people of both<br />

sexes be<strong>in</strong>g busily ifsogajged <strong>in</strong> sp<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g and<br />

weav<strong>in</strong>g."<br />

G30. Mr. CConor.'] " You th<strong>in</strong>k it uselkiss to<br />

make treaties with the Sultan?"—^"Firom may<br />

knowledge of the Arabs tzpeaitiies ajre mcttoij<br />

useless. I understand that s^mm ©f the witnesses<br />

wLo have been exam<strong>in</strong>ed have suggested<br />

that the Sultan might be <strong>in</strong>duoed to give up the<br />

slave-trade if the 4/0,000 dollars which he<br />

annually pays as subsidy to the Tmaiiam of<br />

Muscat were remitted.<br />

I am oonv<strong>in</strong>oed lluat he

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