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KILWA KIVINJTA. 



Kisiwa-ni, the island upon which remnants of 

 mosques and other buildings are found : the Geo- 

 grapher confounds it with Tekiri. Such are the 

 half-dozen settlements which have in turn been 

 known as Kilwa, a name confined in modern 

 days to Kivinjya. 



Kivinjya, the settlement, is surrounded by 

 mangrove-swamps, with scatters of tall cocoas, 

 which the wind snubs. The long narrow line, 

 disposed somewhat in Brazilian style, shows 

 nothing but country huts, except a large ma- 

 sonry-built Custom House called a Port. There 

 is a bazar garnished with the usual shops, which 

 supply amongst other things Epsom salts, empty 

 bottles, peppermint water, and Eau de Cologne. 

 The prices were high — here the rupee becomes a 

 dollar: we were asked 0.75 cents for a common 

 umbrella worth 0.30, and $2.50 for 12 cubits of 

 domestics. Provisions were scarcely procurable, 

 — two ships lying in the offing had raised lean 

 chickens from six to three per dollar ; sheep are 

 here brought from the Pufiji river, goats from 

 the Washenzi of the interior, and black cattle 

 from Chole Island. 



The once wealthy and important trade of 

 Kilwa is now in the hands of a few Arabs, 53 

 Hindus, and about 100 Hindostanis — Kojahs, 



