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copal cleaners ; they find it more economical to 

 keep a European cooper than to depend upon 

 the bazar. Messrs William and Albert Oswald, 

 British proteges, represent their father ; they are 

 assisted by M. Witt, an intelligent young man, 

 who having graduated in Californian gold-fields, 

 proposes to prospect the Coast. M. Koll acts 

 for Messrs Hansing and Co., and, lastly, M. 

 Reich, lately returned to the Island, is the re- 

 presentative of Messrs Muller and Co. 



Europeans are, as a rule, courteously treated 

 by the upper classes, and civilly by the Arabs at 

 Zanzibar ; this, however, is not always the case 

 on the Coast. They are allowed to fly flags; 

 every merchant has his staff upon his roof, and 

 there is a display of bunting motley as in the 

 Brazil. Even a Cutch boat will carry the Say- 

 yid's plain red colours, with the Union Jack in 

 the corner, and the Turkish crescent and star in 

 the centre. 



Composed of patch-work material, the Euro- 

 peans do not unite, and their disputes, especially 

 between compatriots, are exasperated by com- 

 mercial rivalries, which have led to serious viola- 

 tions of faith. All is wearisome monotony : there 

 is no society, no pleasure, no excitement ; sport- 

 ing is forbidden by the treacherous climate, and, 



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