Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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CEUISE OF THE "CASTORS BOATS. 53
This done, we gave way again with the
The cutter was not far astern of us now.
oars.
" It's a Yankee," said the coxswain, lookiuj?
at her through the glass ;
" I'd swear to it by
her sails."
" She's bore up to run for it," said another,
and various were the opinions of those who
were not pulling. The gun was loaded, and
pointed with extreme elevation,
with a view of
"letting her have it when near enough;" but a
breeze sprang up, and cleared the haze away.
The goddess was turned into a laurel, that she
might be saved from Apollo :
It was a teee !
Occasionally we landed at some of the
villages, and were received generally in a
friendly manner.
However, this was dangerous,
as the natives have often proved treacherous,
after being on the most friendly terms. On
one occasion we landed at the village of Tongy,
and were received with some ceremony, and
much hospitality ; the first being exhibited by
numerous negroes singing, or rather howling,
in wild, plaintive tones, accompanying their