ZANZIBAR. 



CHAPTER I. 



FROM ZANZIBAR TO MOMBASAH. 



Urbis ab angusto tractu qua vergit in Austrum, 

 Planities vicina patet : nam caitera Pontus 

 Circuit, exiguo dirimi se tramite passus. 



C. Claud, in Ruf. lib. 2. 348. 



On Monday, January 5, 1857, began our trial 

 trip, which homely term was justly written 

 large as ' tentative expedition,' by the then 

 President of the Royal Geographical Society. 

 But a stiff north-easter blowing dead in our 

 teeth, the crew of the Riami would not wear 

 round by day, and at night all showed a pre- 

 dilection for the ' Safar klioriyah,' i. e. anchoring 

 in some snug bay. Consequently the old tub, 

 with knees and mast loose like a slaver's, did 

 not make Kokoto-ni, the usual departure point 

 from Zanzibar Island, till 7 a. m. on January 8. 



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