Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

CHAPTER II.
Cruise of boats — Quizungo river and natives—Brilliant
phenomena — Casuarena Island — Provisions stolen
by natives — Short allowance — Arrival of barge —
Alexander's grave — Catching a turtle — Return to
Mafamale — A grand dinner — Foster's illness —
Bleeding a puppy — Foster's death — Mozambique
Graveyard — Mozambique Harbour — Capsized in a
canoe — Cruise among the Querimba Islands — An
exciting chase — Friendly natives — Fittings of
dhows.
/^ N the 23rd of November, leaving the barge
with Albert and Patterson at Mafamale,
we proceeded in the pinnace to the south,
anchoring under shelter of Hurd Island,
another of the wooded banks in the Primeira
group. The following morning we continued
our course south, cruising between the islands
and the main-land until the 29th November,
when we entered Quizungo river in search of