Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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swept a large tract on the western side of
people ; at least, so say his own people. They
kept their craft out of my way lest I should burn
them.' In another part of his letter, he says,
'
Some Arabs were fleeing from the resentment
of Manganja, who resented their bringing arms
and ammunition into the country for their
destruction.' He is there referring to the plan
adopted by the slave-dealers of bringing arms
and ammunition to set one tribe against the
other. I can speak distinctly to the fact of its
being the chief aim of the slave-traders to set
one tribe against the other, in order that they
may bring war and the consequent destruction
into the country which produces just
the state
of things that makes slaves cheapest. Then
farther on, speaking of travelling with the
Africans, he says, ' With them we crossed Kirk's
range, and got among Manganja in the primitive
state, working in iron, and spinning buaze, and
sowing grain extensively.' Buaze is a fibre
used for nets. He is speaking there of a population
which had not been visited by the slavetraders."