ARRIVAL AT ZANZIBAR. 
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to order. They continued smoking till stopped by 
the stern discipline of the ship's corporal, who received 
and ranged them in formal line to take their names. 
Eventually they dispersed over our ship, and, after 
some days, might be seen working quietly with the 
other sailors. The slaver, one of the fastest and most 
beautifully - proportioned vessels ever put together, 
went to the Mauritius, losing 105 of the poor 
starving creatures during the passage, and was after- 
wards wrecked near the point at which she was 
captured. 
At Johannah Island (about 12° S. lat.) we stayed 
four days taking in coals. To a rambler or lover of 
picnics by clear brown mountain-streams, margined 
by a most luxuriant flora, I know of no such charming 
spot within the tropics. Its harbour, however, is a 
dangerous coral basin or lagoon. 
On the 1 7th August the island of Zanzibar came 
in sight; also four smaller isles, looking like great 
arks whose bows and sterns hung bushing over the 
waters. The island has a low appearance. The town, 
running along the shore for a quarter of a mile of 
flat- roofed warehouse -like buildings, is not impos- 
ing, its mud fort-towers and the flags of four consul- 
ates being the only prominent objects. The bay is 
perfect, and we anchored close to shore in seven 
fathoms, this being the 108th day since we departed 
from England. 
The greatest heat encountered — and it was felt to be 
excessive — was when in 16° S. lat. at Mozambique, the 
medium temperature in the shade being, on the 7th 
August, 78°. Lat. 37° S., long. 21° E., on the 22d of 
June, after a storm during the night, shows the lowest 
