KOKOTO-NL 



Kokoto-ni ' (at or in) the pebbles,' is an 

 anchorage 18.30 direct geographical miles from, 

 and north with 3 miles east of, Zanzibar City. 

 Pormed bv a bis^ht with a streamlet, and the Island 

 of Tumbatu, with its little outliers, Manawamana 

 and Popo (in Owen Moina and Benoth), this 

 roadstead is rendered dangerous during the 

 Azvab, or X. East monsoon, bv a heavv rollins: 

 sea and a coral-bound lee-shore. The coast has 

 the usual edging of saiul, clear as crystal, and of 

 ])rii,'lit screen mangrove, Avliilst an inntM* b(^lt of 

 dark(M' jiiiiule (IcfiMids a country, li(M'(%-as every- 

 whcn^ around, prodigiously Irrtili^ gnvMi, ami 

 monotonous. Tlic intciior is a in:iss of cultiva- 

 tion, manioc ami swcu^t potato (Jezar) from ^fa- 

 dagascar, super!) mangoes and cocoas waving in 

 tlic clear sca-l)reeze, and limes and oranges, the 

 latt(M- disj)()sed, as l)y the Paraguayans, in long 

 rows, which, at a distance, imitate th(» tca-ficld. 

 Clove plantations adorn the n})lands, and the 

 giant Calabash (Adansonia digitata) stretches its 

 stumj)y, crooked arms over the clustering huts. 

 The treci is at onc(» majestic and grotesque; the 

 tall conical column of spongy and j)orous wood, 

 covered with a soft, glossy rind, which supplies 

 hair Africa with l)ast, will have a girth of forty 

 to fifty feet, far exceeding the ccdnrs of T.e- 



