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yid, however, denied Moslem burial to a nephew 

 who built the British Consular residence. This 

 ' Maf ul ' died in agony after the bungling perform- 

 ance of an operation which his debaucheries ren- 

 dered necessary, and the body was cast naked 

 into the sea. 



Both sexes and all ages delight in drinking. 

 The rich use bad but expensive Trench and 

 American liqueurs, gin, brandy, and rum, from 

 Marseille, India, and the Mauritius. Some eat 

 opium, others prefer Bhang in its several forms : 

 the material is imported from Bombay and 

 Cutch. We found it near the continental sea- 

 board, and therefore the Indian shrub is also pro- 

 bably grown upon the Island. A distillation, I 

 have said, is made from the Cashew-nut and from 

 palm-wine; this alcohol is called Zerambo, and 

 a free-born Arab is disgraced by touching it ; 

 preserved in foul old pots, it has the effect of 

 poison ; a drunken sailor will fall down insensible, 

 breathe with stertorous loudness, and gradually 

 pass from insensibility to death. Tembo or toddy 

 is of two kinds — Tamu, the sweet and unintoxi- 

 cating, and Khali, sour or fermented. The liquor 

 is drawn from the trees by the Wasawahili and the 

 slaves insular and continental. The Pombe, like 

 the Buzah of Egypt and Berberia, Adel, and 



