1866.] THE ZANZIBAR SLATE-MABKET. 7 



so gross or crass one might cut out a slice and manure a 

 garden with it : it might be called Stinkibar rather than 

 Zanzibar. No one can long enjoy good health here. 



On visiting the slave-market I found about 300 slaves 

 exposed for sale, the greater part of whom came from Lake 

 Nyassa and the Shire River; I am so familiar with the 

 peculiar faces and markings or tattooings, that I expect 

 them to recognize me. Indeed one woman said that she had 

 heard of our passing up Lake Nyassa in a boat, but she did 

 not see me : others came from Chipeta, S.W, of the Lake. 

 All who have grown up seem ashamed at being hawked 

 about for sale. The teeth are examined, the cloth lifted 

 up to examine the lower limbs, and a stick is thrown for 

 the slave to bring, and thus exhibit his paces. Some are 

 dragged through the crowd by the hand, and the price 

 called out incessantly : most of the purchasers were Northern 

 Arabs and Persians. This is the period when the Sultan's 

 people may not carry slaves coastwise ; but they simply 

 cannot, for the wind is against them. Many of the dhows 

 leave for Madagascar, and thence come back to complete 

 their cargoes. 



The Arabs are said to treat their slaves kindly, and this 

 also may be said of native masters ; the reason is, master 

 "and slave partake of the general indolence, but the lot 

 of the slave does not improve with the general progress in 

 civilization. While no great disparity of rank exists, his 

 energies are little tasked, but when society advances, wants 

 multiply ; and to supply these the slave's lot grows harder. 

 The distance between master and man increases as the lust 

 of gain is developed, hence we can hope for no improvement 

 in the slave's condition, unless the master returns to or 

 remains in barbarism. 



6th March. — Eains have begun now that the sim is over- 

 head. We expect the Penguin daily to come from Johanna, 

 and take us to the Eovuma. It is an unwholesome place ; 



