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APPENDIX III. 



to the Governor, or Hakim, as he is titled. He received 

 us with great civility, and made many professions of 

 friendship and assistance, which, however, in the sequel we 

 did not find him disposed to act up to. We were saluted 

 on landing and coming off by the fort and a ketch in the 

 harbour. Thermometer 82^. Fair weather. (Note 15.) 



Proceedings at Zanzibar, from the 25th February to 

 the 9th April, 1811, with some account of the island. 



Zanzibar, situated between the 6th and 7th of S. lat. 

 and '59th and 40th of E. long., is an island of considerable 

 extent, being nearly 50 miles in length, and 20 in brcodth ; 

 its distance I'roin the east coast of the African Continent, 

 along which it stretches in a N.-casterly and S.-westerly 

 direction, may be about 15 or 16 leagues;^ between the 

 Continent and it, however, there is no passage for large 

 vessels, except througli the harbour, as a reef runs oblique- 

 ly across Irom the African hhore to tlie small islands which 

 lie close to the western side of Zanzibar.'* These islets, which 

 stand considerably nearer to the south than the north (Note 

 16) extreme of the island,^ are all, except one, covered 

 with wood, and help to form the harbour. They run in a 

 semi-circle, the concave side of which is towards Zanzibar, 

 and are connected together by reel's of rocks, which,, in 

 blowy weather, break the swell, and render the port re- 

 markably smooth and safe. The entrances into it are 

 I'rom the north and south ; both lead between the small 

 islet at the extremity of the semi-circle and the western 



I ' For leagues, read geographical miles. 



2 Modrrn charts show no such reef, and the minimum of mid-chan- 

 nel is 15 fathoms. 



' Tliey are about midway in the island's length. 



