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14 ATTRACTIONS OF ZANZIBAR. 
tioned a similar case of the Assaye men. Twenty-six 
out of sixty who slept inland were attacked with 
fever; those who had taken quinine recovered, while 
those who had not died. From this it would appear 
that risk attaches to certain constitutions from sleep- 
ing inland, away from the sea-breeze; although, on 
the heights of the island, where the soil is a rough red 
grit or friable clay, I should not anticipate danger. 
But on these elevated spots there is this disadvantage, 
that no water is procurable ; even in a well forty feet 
deep I observed there was none. 
To one wishing to enjoy good health I would pre- 
scribe this recipe : Eeside on the shore ; be in a boat 
by sunrise ; row to any point on the island, or to the 
exquisite living formations of coral ; walk home be- 
tween the hedgerows, amongst beautiful clove or mango 
groves ; enjoy the refreshing milk from the cocoa-nut ; 
observe the industry in the fields, the snug country- 
houses of the Arabs ; examine the " diggings " for 
copal ; look at the men washing the elephant-tusks on 
the sea-shore, or at the immense variety of crazy craft 
— in short, keep active, and you will find that there 
are many worse climates than Zanzibar. 
The island has two crops of grain yearly, and four 
of manioc, which, with dried shark, is the staple 
food of the people. They cook it in every form, mak- 
ing also flour of it. One has only to walk of a morn- 
ing along the roads leading into the town, to see the 
productiveness of this beautiful island. Negro men 
and women laden with mangoes, oranges, plantain, 
sugar-cane, grass, cocoa-nut, manioc, yams, sweet po- 
tato, Indian corn, ground-nut, &c, go in streams to 
the market. The return of these crowds is, in con- 
