Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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become greater every year. As the country
near the coast becomes depopulated, and the
slave-hunters have to go farther into the interior
for slaves, so does the march become
more horrible and deadly to the slaves."
2G. 3Ir. Kinnaird.] " From the last accounts,
how far does it appear that the slaves are now
brought?"— "According to the last accounts
they are
brought from Lake Nyassa."
27. " Have you any idea what the distance
would be ?" — " No ;
several days' journey."
75. " What did the Committee of which you
were a member recommend should be done with
the
liberated slaves ?" — " That they should be
landed at Zanzibar itself, under due precautions,
where a depot of liberated slaves should be
established, so as to substitute gradually free
labour for slave labour : that we should form a
colony there of free labour to compete with
slave labour."
76. Mr. Kennaiuay.] "Would they not be
liable to be carried off if they were taken to
Zanzibar?"— "Of course they would, unless
under very strong precautions."
77. Mr. Kinnaird.'] " The great objection to it
would be, that unless the Sultan of Zanzibar
behaved better than we could expect him
to behave, in all probability they would be
recaptured?"— "Yes, the Sultan could not do