ARRIVAL AT ZANZIBAR. 
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shark, but thanks to the immediate rush made by 
several fellow-bathers on hearing his cry, he escaped 
with a superficial laceration of the body and a loss of 
three fingers. 
The following day we left Lamu, and after touching 
at Mombasa, reached Zanzibar on the morning of 
November 28th in excellent health and spirits, eager 
to enter upon the necessary preparations for our inland 
expedition. 
