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E S ep t.] THE STILTAN OF ZANZIBAR, 13
I found, to our relief, some fishermen, who gave us fish for
[ our dinner, and directions how to proceed.
Next morning, before daylight, we trusted to the boat
I and our good luck. After passing, without landmarks to
I guide us, by an intricate channel, through foaming surfs,
I we arrived at Zanzibar in the night, and found that the
I vessel had got in before us.
Colonel Eigby now gave me a most interesting paper,
I with a map attached to it, about the Nile and the Moun-
( t a i n s of the Moon. It was written by Lieutenant Wilford,
I from the ‘ Pfirans ’ of the ancient Hindiis. As it exem-
I pfifies, to a certain extent, the supposition I formerly
I arrived at concerning the Mountains of the Moon being
I associated with the country of the Moon, I would fain
I draw the attention of the reader of my travels to the
I volume of the ‘ Asiatic Eesearches ’ in which it was pub-
I fished* It is remarkable that the Hindiis have christened
I the source of the Nile Amara, which is the name of a
I country at the north-east comer of the Victoria N’yanza.
ft This, I think, shows clearly that the ancient Hindiis must
ft have had some kind of communication with both the
I northern and southern ends of the Victoria N’yanza.
Having gone to work again, I found that Sheikh Said
ft had brought ten men, four of whom were purchased for
■ one hundred dollars, which I had to pay; Bombay,
ft Baraka, Frij, and Eahan had brought twenty-six more,
ft all freed men; while the Sultan Majid, at the suggestion
ft of Colonel Eigby, gave me thirty-four men more, who
ft were all raw labourers taken from his gardens. It was
ft my intention to have taken one hundred of this descrip-
Ition of men throughout the whole journey; but as so
I many could not be found in Zanzibar, I still hoped to fill
I up the complement in Unyamudzi, the land of the Moon,
I from the large establishments of the Arab merchants re-
i siding there. The payment of these men’s wages for the
* Vol. iii. of A.D. 1801.