Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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CHAPTER IV.
The " Castor" at Zanzibar—A Farm-yard on Board—Efforts
against the Slave-trade—Expedition against the
Keonga Slave Barracoons—Native Violence towards
Officers—Punishment of the Natives—Illness of
the Crew—The Commodore ill—Put the helm up
The Commodore will put the helm down—An
exciting chase, "That's her"—Disappointment
Portuguese Man of Wai-—Disappears—Return to the
Cape.
r\N the 29th April the " Castor " anchored at
Zanzibar. There were no such things as
condensers supplied in those days, and ships
requiring water had to obtain it from the shore,
the chief cause of most of the diseases, I believe,
both on the East and West coasts.'
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And subsequently, when serving out here, diseases
(especially dysentery) could be traced to the water drank
on shore. We never lost a man in the "Daphne" of
disease, and never had a case of dysentery in her that I