180 THE RETROSPECT OF THE TEAR. 



his ample trensury. Here he established and sustained 

 the reputation for open-handed hospitality and a high stand- 

 ard of mercantile honor which characterized him through 

 life. While enjoying the entire confidence and exceptional 

 intimacy of His Highness, he was never weary of welcom- 

 ing his countrymen whether naval officers, missionaries, 

 scientists or tourists, to the courtesies of his roof. The em- 

 inent Dr. Charles Pickering, naturalist to the South Sea 

 Exploring Expedition, commanded by Commodore Wilkes, 

 was one of the many sojourners who made the consulate 

 their home, and he records a grateful acknowledgment of 

 his obligations to Mr. Waters in his famous report on the 

 ethnology of the regions visited and explored. 



After his return to America, the Sultan continued to 

 send reminders of his regard from time to time, notably, 

 as late as 1850, an Arab horse. 



A private journal, kept by Mr. Waters during the first 

 three years of his life at Zanzibar, when impressions of 

 the new country were fresh, and the consulship an untried 

 experiment, is fall of romantic interest. It notes the 

 arrival and clearance of Salem shipping, and contains 

 amongst other things an original calendar of the rotation 

 of Sunday evening services at the four Calvinistic churches 

 of Salem, between Oct. 10, 1836 and May 10, 1840, that 

 he "might know where his friends were passing the even- 

 ing in worship together on every Sabl)ath." It glows in 

 every page with the true missionary spirit to which he 

 had pledged himself to the venerable Dr. Anderson, at 

 their last interview before his departure. It details his 

 frank and manly dealing with the masters of slave vessels 

 with whom he came in contact,^ — his constant and tender 



1 He exchanged repeated civilities, in October, 1S37, with the captain of tlie 

 Spanlsli brig, "Scorpion," from Cadiz for Goa, which had put in for ptovit^ion.s. 

 Tliis Spanisi) captain proved to be a liighly interesting person, but the nature and 

 quantity of tlie supplies purcliased i>roved him to be a slaver. He called to take 

 leave of the Consul before sailing, and he, while wishing him personally every sue- 



