2 5 Wanderings in Eastern Africa, 
kind. Hawks, crows, paroquets, etc., occupy the regions 
of the air. Fowls there are in abundance. Ducks and 
geese have been introduced from Madagascar, but 
are not much esteemed. Black cattle, sheep, 
and goats are brought from all parts of the coast. 
The sea supplies abundance of fish, chief among 
which is the shark, for which the natives have a par- 
ticular taste. A large shark is a great catch. 
At the north end of the island, like a piece cut 
out of it, is the island of Tumbatu. It is occupied 
by a race of aborigines, called after the name of the 
island, Watumbatu. They hold but little intercourse 
with the people of Zanzibar, and not much is known 
of them. They do a little agriculture, but devote 
themselves more to fishing, fish being the chief article 
of their food. Without religion, or civilization, the 
victims of the wildest superstition, they are in the 
most degraded condition. 
At the entrance of the harbour several other small 
islands rise out of the water, one of which, French 
Island, as it is commonly called, has been utilized as 
a cemetery for Europeans. These islands are bright 
green spots, looking like flower-pots, placed where 
they are for the sake of ornament, and certainly 
adding something to the beauty of the scene. 
We now turn to the city. It is called by the 
natives Unguya or Unguja. 
As seen from the sea, it gives you too favourable an 
idea of its character. Almost the whole of its superior 
buildings line the shore. The French, the German, the 
English, and American consulates, follow each other 
in succession from north to south, divided, however, 
from each other by buildings of the same order. 
