Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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mixed with Scliolio, willingly encourage the
slave-trade. The Schoho and Taltal tribes,
who dwell in the mountainous districts near the
Red Sea, beyond Akullogussay and Agame, in
the greatest uncivilization, occupy themselves at
the present moment with stealing human beings
and with secretly forwarding the slaves, which
are brought through their barren territory by
Mohammedans.
" It appears that from Lasta, or rather, by
way of Lasta, Ayeba-Galla and Eudarte, with the
help of the frontier inhabitants of Agame and
of Schumat-Sana, and the assistance of the
Schoho and Taltal tribes, slaves are
brought to
the inhabitants of the sea-coast in the district
of Adulis, and south-east of that place. The
inhabitants of the sea-coast are Dannakils, a
small remnant undoubtedly of a tribe of Gallas,
strongly mixed with Arabian elements.
These
people are sailors and fishermen, who carry on
a small trade with Confuda, Hodaida, and
Mocha, where they deposit a few slaves,
a fact
I noticed at the time at these three places.
" It is possible that the Turkish Governor of
Massowah is not aware of this, but it cannot
escape the notice of
mainland). .
the Naib (Governor of the
The Turkish Governors, as well as
the troops in Massowah, are so often changed,
that they cannot
attain a correct knowledge of
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