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APPENDIX I. 



for, or wlien money is wanted to finish her, the creditor 

 insists upon Patan Salamat before she goes to sea. I may 

 here add, that refitting at Zanzibar, as at Mauritius, is 

 exorbitant : a s^oar worth $15 to $20 will be charged $350 

 to $370. 



Between Sept. 16, 1832, and May 26, 1834, the arrivals 

 of square-rigged vessels were 41 with 7559 tons. Dr 

 Ruschenberger gives the items as follows : United States, 

 32 (5497 tons), including 4 whalers, and of these 20 were 

 from Salim; English, 7 (1403), French, 1 (340), and 

 Spanish, 1 (319). 



Between 1852 and 1857 the Island was visited by a 

 greatly increased number, as is shown by the following 

 table. 





'52. 



TONS. 



'63. 



TONS. 



'54. 1 TONS. 



'55. 



TONS. 



'56. 



TONS. 



American (U.S.) 



36 



9,187 



30 



7,519 



86 j 9,901 



28 



9,142 



24 



7,215 



English . . . . 



6 



1,627 





687 



2 1 1,300 



5 



1,609 



3 



1,517 



liarnburg . . . . 



10 



2,386 



14 



3,604 



15 1 3,981 



15 



3,698 



20 



5,438 



Freijcli . . . . 



14 



4,522 



18 



7,452 



18 1 6,598 



13 



5,523 



23 



10,579 



Arab 



5 



2,110 



9 



4,278 



6 2,113 



3 



1,448 



12 



3,938 



Spanish . . . . 



3 



624 



1 



200 



1 400 



2 



4C0 



2 



460 



Portuguese 







1 



215 



2 1 338 







3 



930 



Hanoverian 











1 1 220 











Prussian . , . . 











1 







1 



600 



Danish . . . . 











1 







1 



460 



Total 



74 1 20,456 



76 1 23,265 1 81 1 24,911 



66 



21,871 



89 



31,127 



Thus in five years the tonnage show an increase 

 of 10,671. The French ships, however, whose arrivals 

 have greatly increased, mostly came out in ballast, and 

 loaded with sesamum, cocoa-meat, and cloves. Moreover, 

 it became the custom to enter the sliip twice : if, for 

 instance, she visited the coast after touching at the Island, 

 she appeared a second time upon the lists after her return. 



