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the most careful search, were never found. When 

 hiding their hoards it is not unusual for Arabs 

 to put to death the slaves who assist in the labour, 

 and thus to prevent negro indiscretion. The 

 family, I may here say, firmly believes that 

 Colonel Hamerton knows where the hoards lay, 

 and yet refuses to divulge the secret. 



It will not be easy properly to fill this ap- 

 pointment. Without taking into consideration 

 the climate, it is evident that few Englishmen 

 are prepared to settle for long years at remote 

 Zanzibar, and Arabs do not care to trust new 

 men. Yet it would be the acme of short-sight- 

 edness to neglect this part of East Africa. Our 

 Anglo-Indian subjects, numbering about 4000 1 

 in the dominions of Zanzibar, some of them 

 wealthy men, are entitled to protection from the 

 Arab, and more especially from the Christian 

 merchants. Almost the whole foreign trade, or 

 at least four-fifths of it, passes through their 

 hands ; they are the principal shopkeepers and 

 artisans, and they extend as far South as Mozam- 

 bique, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands. 

 During the last few years the number of In- 

 dian settlers has greatly increased, and they have 



1 The extremes of the guess-work census are 2600 aud 

 5000. 



