CHAPTER VI. 



VISIT TO THE PRINCE SAYYLD MAJID. — THE GO- 

 VERNMENT OE ZANZIBAR. 



' Zanzibar is an island of Africa, on the coast of Zanzibar, 

 governed by a king who is a tributary to the Portuguese.' 

 Reece's Cyclopaedia. 



We now proceed to wait upon II. II . the 

 ' Sayyid of Zanzibar and the Sawahil,' who would 

 he somewhat surprised to hear that he is ' tribu- 

 tary to the Portuguese.' 



The palace lies east of, and close to, the fort. 

 It is fronted by a wharf, and defended by a stuc- 

 coed platform mounting eight or nine brass 

 guns en barbette, intended more for show than 

 use. The building is a kind of double-storied, 

 white-washed barrack, about 140 feet long, 

 roofed with dingy green-red tiles, and pierced 

 with a few windows jealously raised high from 

 the ground; shutters painted tender-green temper 



