Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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miles, and lie between the Equator and ten
degrees south latitude, and include the islands of
Zanzibar, Pemba, and Momfia, the head- quarter
of government being the island of Zanzibar,
which lies opposite the centre of the coast-line,
and about twenty-five miles from the mainland.
The town of Zanzibar is rapidly growing in
importance, as is evidenced by the progressive
increase of 'imports at
the Custom-house there,
from 245,981/. in 1861-62, to 433,693/. in
1867-68, of which trade about one-half is in
the hands of British-Indian subjects. It was
reported in 1867 by General Rigby to be the
chief market of the world for the supply of
ivory, gum, and copal, and to have a rapidly
increasing trade in hides, oils, seeds, and dyes,
while sugar and cotton promise to figure largely
amongst its future exports. The country in
the interior of that part of Africa, and of which
Zanzibar is
recent accounts
be equal in resources
the outlet, is said, according to the
to be, as a rule, more healthy.
of Livingstone and others, to
to any part of India, and
Iron abounds in
all directions, coal is to be found, and cotton
can be grown to any extent.
" The negro slave in general passes through
three stages ere he reaches his final destination.
"These are, (1) the land journey from his