Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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some of the porters who were conveying provisions
to Dr. Livingstone, and he then passed
through a part of the countrj, which he found
exceedingly healthy and fertile, and which he
thought could be very well inhabited by any
Europeans."
984. "You have no suggestion to make to the
Committee further than you have made, as to
the policy of establishing a coast settlement for
Europeans
— ?" " Seeing that it must be obvious
to aU of us, that it would help us out of a dif&culty
if we could provide for these liberated slaves, it
would be a most important thing if a European
settlement could be established near Zanzibar,
where they could be carefully looked after; and
I consider it most fortunate that Dr. Kirk has,
in his opinion, discovered a place recently where
such a settlement could be formed."
1352. CJiairman.'] " You have a letter from
Dr. Livingstone, from which you wish to read
some extracts to the Committee
— ?" "Yes ; this
letter is dated 1st February, 1867 ; he is writing
from the country of the Chipeta, which he
describes to be five days' march from Lake
Nyassa on the east of it, and he says, ' I am a
perfect bugbear to these coast Arab slavetraders.
Party after party, on hearing that the
Enghsh were coming along the road, skedaddled
away through bush and brake and across path-