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Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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CHAPTER III.<br />

Method of conduct<strong>in</strong>g the Slave-trade—<strong>The</strong> "Legal<br />

Trader's Slave-trade " — Difficulty of dist<strong>in</strong>guish<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the Slavers — Escape of Slave Vessels <strong>in</strong> consequence<br />

— Arab Interpreters — Chase of a <strong>Dhow</strong><br />

Disguise of Negroes—Negoda's surprise at not be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

deta<strong>in</strong>ed— South-West Monsoon—Stormy Weather<br />

False Information—Overboard to avoid the ra<strong>in</strong><br />

Beam-ends <strong>in</strong> a Squall— " <strong>The</strong> fellow wants me<br />

"<br />

Return to the " Castor."<br />

nnHEEE are three dist<strong>in</strong>ct forms of this<br />

trade, which may be classed under the<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g heads :<br />

1. <strong>The</strong> illegal slave-trade;<br />

2. <strong>The</strong> legal slave-trade ; and<br />

3. <strong>The</strong> so-called "Legal Teadee's" slavetrade.<br />

Of the two former we shall<br />

speak hereafter.<br />

It was the last we had most to do with here,<br />

because we were south of Cape Delgado, which

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