Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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Turkish garrison of twelve men, who make great
gains by this traffic.
" The mainland is thickly populated, and is
called Scheaura.
" The Island of Agik is scantily peopled, and
contains about twenty miserable huts;
is a place
of transport trade in
butter, honey, and goats.
It is flat, being but little above the level of the
sea.,
and not healthy.
" Farther north, about six hours south-west of
Souakin, is Mersa Hadub, a place of exportation
of single slaves.
" The Turks have certainly forbidden the
traffic in slaves, but, notwithstanding, it is
carried on with very little secrecy, only that
those people who conduct slaves do not unload
their vessels at Gredda where European Consuls
reside, but at Lidd, a day's journey only, to the
south-east of Gedda.
" North-west of Souakin is the large bay of
Mersa Derur.
The monument of the Marabut
Schech Bergut is on a promontory stretching
far out to sea, and owing to the glittering white
of the building it acts as a beacon to the fishermen,
who see it from a great distance.
Some of
the elevated coral reefs in this large irregular
bay are inhabited, and occasionally favoured
with a small Turkish garrison of from five
to ten men strong, placed there to prevent