Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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dealers pass precisely tlirougli that part of the
Abyssinian territory (Bogos) which the Khedive
is trying to annex.
" The Egyptian Expedition, already so mys-
"terious, and which seems to occupy the attention
of the English Government, gains additional
interest from General Kirkman's despatch."
(Signed) M.
GERMANY.
No. 8.
Mr. Gordon to the Earl of Clarendon. — Received
April 23.)
" Stuttgardt, April 15, 1869.
" My Lord,—I have the honour to transmit
herewith a despatch from Mr. Cope, with its
several inclosures, which reached me too late yesterday
to be forwarded by the weekly messenger.
Its object is to cover an interesting Memorandum
on the East African Slave-trade to Egypt and
Arabia, prepared by Dr. Wilhelm Schimpfer, a
Baden naturalist, who seems to have resided
long in the countries on both sides of the Red
Sea, and to
be well acquainted with the haunts
and routes followed by the slave-traders, and
with the various connivance and opposition