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at Kilwa there were 200 daily deaths amongst 

 the slaves, and the survivors found no purchasers 

 at $1 a head. This visitation is supposed to have 

 come from the interior, appearing first at Pan- 

 ga-ni; yet, curious to relate, it again went 

 inland via Bagamoyo, and extended to Ugogo, 

 where ivory was left on the road and caravans 

 were stopped by 'the death.' 



Kilwa makes from £5000 to £20,000 per 

 annum by the tax upon wild slaves. The market 

 is supplied chiefly by the tribes living about the 

 Nyassa Lake, the Wahiao, as I have said, being 

 preferred to all others, and some may march for 

 a distance of 400 miles. After this long journey 

 they reach the coast where they exported in 

 the following numbers, according to the Custom 

 House of Kivinjya : — 



1862-3 exported to Zanzibar 



and elsewhere- 





13,000 



5500 



1863-4 



14,000 



3500 



1864-5 



13,821 



3000 



1865-6 



18,344 



4000 



1866-7 



17,538 



4500 





76,703 



20,500 





20,500 





Total 97,203 exported from Kilwa to 

 Zanzibar in five years. 



Tear ending August 23, 1869, exported, 14,944. 



