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low estimation, and are treated with contempt. The 
term is applied in a general way to all servile 
peoples. 
In the woods about Jombo, a settlement composed 
of runaway slaves, called Muasagnombe, has been 
established. It numbers some thousands, but locked 
in as they are on all sides, expansion is scarcely 
possible. We fear that Hberty is but little known 
there. We hear of slaves making their escape thither 
being delivered to their owners, when applied for, on 
the payment of a few dollars. The original settlers, 
finding it impossible to protect all that fly to them, 
yet anxious to make all they can out of their position, 
accept the fee as a compromise, and so the settlement 
has become effete. It is likely that slaves are held 
and retained there, as they are everywhere else in this 
country. 
Out at sea from this part of the coast, at a dis- 
tance of about thirty-five miles, with its northern end 
cut by the fifth degree of south latitude, lies Pemba, 
the emerald isle " of Eastern Africa. This island 
sends large supplies of fruit and vegetables to all parts 
of the coast. It contains a numerous population, and 
the people, though ridiculed by some of their neigh- 
bours, seem to be unusually industrious and well to do. 
North of Mombasa the chief towns are Takaungu 
Malinde, Kau, on the banks of the Ozi, Lamu, Patte, 
and still further, Tulu, Barawa, and Makurdisha. As 
we have to travel over the country between Mombasa 
and Patte, we forbear to enter into any details 
regarding it here. Barawa, for an African town, is a 
thriving place, and does a great deal of business with 
the interior, their caravans penetrating to the districts 
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