GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



ways were a little less conventional than at home, 

 and certain things might shock dear Madame 

 Grundy of a provincial town. 



Indeed I was very sorry to say " Good-bye " to 

 the ladies of Zanzibar. 



Six-thirty is the hour for informal calls, people 

 always come in for drinks at that hour, and that is 

 when the ladies exchange visits, while their husbands 

 play " Bridge " at the club. 



Afternoon tea is not a great meal in Zanzibar, 

 for it is too hot ; and during the summer one takes 

 it in one's bedroom, after a siesta, and before going 

 out for games and exercise, as it induces copious 

 perspiration. Still, most people take it, for it is so 

 refreshing after a rest. 



June is the best month, as then, if one has 

 passed through the summer, it appears quite cool, 

 and tournaments of games are got up, and matches 

 of all sorts. 



One is struck by the numbers of natives suffer- 

 ing from terrible diseases ; the lepers now happily 

 are kept in a village by themselves, and not allowed 

 to roam about among everybody else. There is a 

 horrid-looking skin disease I thought was leprosy, 

 but is not ; the natives' bodies, faces, heads or hands 

 are covered with white patches, showing up against 

 their dark skin. The number of natives suffering 

 from elephantiasis is great, one so often sees them 

 coming along with one or both feet enlarged and 



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