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the number, Mr. Waters offered wine which was de- 

 clined on the ground that it was forbidden by the Koran. 



On the outward voyage, Mr. Waters had touched at Ma- 

 junga Bay, where he had business with the Governor, pass- 

 ing there in the twilight of January 25 within speaking dis- 

 tance, as he entered, the bark "Eliza" of and for Salem, 

 with his two brothers on board, but the darkness had pre- 

 vented a recognition. Here he exchanged visits and gifts 

 with the Moslem dignitaries, presenting cheeses and lemon- 

 syrup, an article much used in lieu of wine, to the Gov- 

 ernor and receiving from General Ramananama a shawl and 

 a chain of gold. Here he made his first acquaintance 

 with the Mahomedan sabbath by attending worship at the 

 Mosque on Friday, February 10, and on February 13 set 

 sail for Mozambique, then a Portuguese slave depot, where 

 he paid his respects to Governor, the Major Don Antonio 

 Jose de Mello, and opened the subject of improved com- 

 mercial relations. Here he lived on board ship, remaining 

 in port long enough to welcome the arrival of a new Gov- 

 ernor from Lisbon, and to be urged to come ashore and take 

 up his residence at the palace, and sailing March 10, for 

 Zanzibar. The sight of deck-loads of Portuguese slaves 

 filled him with unutterable loathing, "mostly children" 

 his journal says, " children from ten to fourteen years of 

 age." * * * " But what can I say when I remember the 

 millions in my own country ! " 



At Zanzibar, as elsewhere, his arrival was made the oc- 

 casion of demonstrations of good-will towards the great 

 nation he was to represent with such success and honor and 

 whose dignity he never failed to make respected. His of- 

 ficial residence continued until 1844 and did not forbid him 

 to take an active and lucrative interest in the commercial 

 enterprises of the port. He even carried wn extensive bus- 

 iness transactions with the Sultan, and the latter did not 

 hesitate to loan him large sums of money, at times, from 



