W itt these letters in their hands, I made arrangements
with our Consul, Mr Drilmmond Hay, to frank them
through Suez, Aden, and the Seychelles to Zanzibar.
Since then, I have heard that Captain Bombay and his
party missed the Seychelles, and went on to the Mauritius,
where Captain Anson, Inspector-General of Police, kindly
took charge of them, and made great lions of them. A
subscription was raised to give them a purse of money:
they were treated with tickets to the “ circus,” and sent
back to the Seychelles, whence they were transported by
steamer to Zanzibar, and taken in charge by our lately-
appointed Consul, Colonel Playfair, who appears to have
taken much interest in them. Further, they all volunteered
to-go with me again, should I attempt to cross
Africa from east to west, through the fertile zone.
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N A T I V E E S T A B L I S H M E N T O F T H E E X P E D I T I O N .
These men all severally agreed, before Colonel Bigby, Sheikb
Said, Bombay, and myself, to serve as my servants on th e following
terms, as registered in th e office-books a t th e British
Consulate, Zanzibar, on th e 8 th September 1860
Supposing I gave Sheikh Said $500—Bombay, Baraka, and
Bahan, $60 each—th e Wangiiana $25 each—an d S ultan Majid’s
Waturna gardeners $7 each, in ready money down, and promised
to give them as much more on arrival in Egypt, as well
as free clothes and rations on th e journey, and a free passage
back from Egypt to Zanzibar,—th e n th e y bound themselves to
follow me wherever I chose to lead th em in Africa, and do an y
kind of duty, without hesitation, th a t men in such positions whilst
travelling w ith caravans might reasonably be expected to do.
The money alluded to having been paid b y me in th e presence
of all, th e books were signed, an d our compact concluded.