GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



he stayed a week or two, and finally he left in a 

 German warship, which was easily managed, as the 

 Consulate faces the sea and had steps leading down 

 to the beach. When I had tea one day with the 

 present German Consul, a very nice man, I gazed 

 with interest from his verandah into his garden and 

 out to sea, picturing the escape of Khaled ; I could 

 see the Arab in my mind's eye slipping stealthily 

 along. Khaled was taken to Dar-es-Salaam where 

 he now lives at the German Government's expense 

 as a political refugee. His home is over a tobac- 

 conist's shop and he must find the present a great 

 change to the dreams of the past. I have heard 

 that he is fearfully tired of the life ; he is not hand- 

 some, as his face was much marked by small-pox, 

 which he, like hundreds of his compatriots, had 

 had. 



After the excitement of the bombardment was 

 all over, everything and everybody settled down in 

 a surprisingly short space of time. Seyyid Hamoud 

 was proclaimed Sultan, and he ever remained a 

 firm friend of the English. Zanzibar suffered great 

 loss in the death of Sir Lloyd Matthews in 1901 ; 

 for over twenty years he had worked hard in the 

 interests of that place and the British Government. 

 He was mourned by everybody, even to the lowest 

 natives. He is buried in the English Cemetery, 

 which is a little way out of the town on the way to 

 Suwani. His was a strong personality, and he was 



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