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COTTON. 



and there amongst tlie hnts, and in N. lat. 4° 

 Capt. Grant observed the Gossypium punctatum, 

 a perennial whose produce was woven into wo- 

 men's aprons. There is no reason to despair of 

 producing in East Africa a cotton which might 

 rival the celebrated growths of Algeria and Egypt ; 

 at present, however, as Dr Livingstone's second 

 Expedition proved, the conditions of export are 

 far inferior to those of Abeokuta and of Accra a 

 whole generation ago. 



Said bin Salim having formerly been Governor 

 of Sa'adani, we were received by the crowd with 

 all the honours. The Chief Bori was absent, visit- 

 ing Kipoml)ui, a village lying a few miles north : 

 he was preparing to fight one Abdullah Makita, a 

 Msegeju chief living near Tanga, and his intimate 

 relation s with Muigni Khatib of Usumbara would 

 allow him free passage along the coast. He is 

 famed through all the country-side for a mighty 

 soul contained in a little body, and for a princely 

 generosity which fills his house with hungry 

 feeders. At present he is on bad terms with his 

 brother Mohammed, Chief of Urumwi, a settle- 

 ment three hours to the south, and the latter lately 

 burned down Sa'adani. Here when a Diwan is 

 poor he has only to attack a wealthy neighbour, 

 drive off a hundred head of slaves, and send to 



