CHAPTEH XI. 



TO KIWA, THE END OE THE EAST AERICAN 

 EXPEDITION (1857 — 1859). 



' Perseverance, dear my lord, 

 Keeps Honour bright : to have done is to hang 

 Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail 

 In monumental mockery.' — Tkoilus and Ceessida. 



The Zanzibar coast was, at the time of our 

 return to it, in a very uncomfortable state. 

 Cholera, for the first time, had swept southwards 

 from Arabia, decimating the East African popu- 

 lation between Unguja and Kilwa. Political 

 troubles were rife, within as well as from with- 

 out. Sayyid Suwayni, pretexting unpaid arrears 

 of tribute, was reported to be embarking a host 

 of Bedawin brigands upon five ships and sundry- 

 Arab craft. It was an act of madness, with 

 cholera and small-pox on board ; and, the coast 



