Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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which they meet with from the authorities of
the different localities.
" The Memorandum has been communicated
to Mr. Cope through Baron Freydorf,by the kindness
of the Grand Duke of Baden, to whom it
was addressed (in consequence of the absence
of Mr. Munzinger, for whom it was originally
intended, from Massowah), with the request
that his Royal Highness would cause it to be
forwarded to her Majesty's Government; and
Mr. Cope has ably fulfilled the laborious task of
translating the documents in question.
" I have, &c.
(Signed)
" G. J. R. GoEBON."
Inclosure 1 in 'No. 8.
Mr. Cope to Mr. Gordon.
" Carlsruhe, April 8, 1869.
"Sir,—I
have the honour to transmit herewith,
a translation of a letter and its inclosures,
relating to the East African Slave-trade, which I
have received from Baron von Freydorf.
" Dr. Wilhelm Schimpfer, the wi^iter of the
inclosed Memorandum, is. Baron Freydorf informs
me, a naturalist who has spent several
years in Abyssinia and Arabia.
" I have, &c.
(Signed)
" Edmund W. Cope."