The kingdom of Mozambique 6r Mozambico is'conftder-ed as fubjeQ;
to the Portuguefe,! who had^a etshfiderable town of'the fame:-name,
jGtuated in!ast iflejttbe governor being dependent on the viceroy ,-of
Goa.* Zanguebar is faid to.be a marfhy and unhealthy country, hue
afenndant-in elephants'*, it is chiefly inhabited by thfe-Moeuas,''partly
,pagans, partly mahoinetans. The little kingdom -of-(j^uitoads alfo fdje-’
with-that of - Mombaza,- from which they
were expeftedrin T63J, but regained their
aTmahometan ftatef is; alfo; paHrlyr defiifedent on the' Portuguefe, *who
have a fbrtrcfs in the city, and' feveralxhlirches. ' Th# ndaft ®frA§Mis
is chiefly mahometan ; and carries- on a eonliderablfe7 trade- in
aqabergris, and j^dd.A Brava, a little ariftocracyj. >paysfstr-ib,ute to the
Portuguefe,* who have not been able-to endnoach on Magadafti^, on
the kingdom of Adel, which laft was dependent-, on’ Abyllinia, -;g.rid?is
faid to be a fertile country.- This ftate was founded" by a mahometan
prince, at the beginning of the
Auzagurel, ftanding on an eminence near the -ri YfeqytHawafh, which-
comes from Abyffinia: and Zeila, on the Arabian gulf, is a confiflerahle
port,
THE IS LE OF MADAGASCAR.
A dial breadth, being efteemed one of tbelargeft in the world, though
feemingly exceeded by Papua, and ftill more by New Holland, if the
latter muft be clafled among iflands. It feems to have been unknown
to the ancients, for Ptolemy’s geography of eaftern Africa appears to
* Dapper fay- that this town was even fupplied with rice, wheat, and other provifions,, from
Goa.
terminate
TP'E'i ‘ 0 '^M A D ,A ’|p ^ | .C 'A l l. 759
terminate w^frhg ^ b a j^ ^ b l^W lfe^ l^ ^ ii'^ ib e in g a
i^getj..|^^edfl^^of,Z4nzibferhandtMo-n£,ac Qq*
^ 9r^-jd^’^^p4Traf^in^i>it4voliu b l^ j j 1e he^l,!gttd^!^tlle luitheif
tq,the f e i a . t b ^ f e ;di-fla'yce fey.j'^ne^p} n^^ting^^'e feas.
^Tiu^onjyi JVI uco
Bolotin th e j^ ^ fith ceg^yv, name,
havingf-i^eej^eilihislfcnoydgdge
lapities, he^mtiaii^thati: UA^%d whie|i;ris„:G^ by tHe Arabs«
and In the modctnssthp.cond.er. lb w,o.}ild lqpm ^h^y thcj,*^Iahpme^r|
i®ligion had.made fonjp .Broa^fs1.:^ut^%di^^g;rfi J i n
Afxa^|n.dw A£rjca»-fprjp, aw it^m-rtan.t ^ e ifc h^.r v^MQk.,de,
’ fey.es to bed^yeftigatedwby .feme,'yriter eminently MuduLin oiiuital
'T Jlihis Bland appears, to have cfoaped tl^e notice.o^atrra, whpmoaft&l?
U?fon.g the .African fliore-j.an(d.is. faid to.h-aye fcaggr^f in, M©^,
byXctrenzo 'Almid’?, whence perhaps it iscoa|ed tt|ie ;i$es<Gf^,I Lawrence.
Thes^en^h .fl&vigatofs in,, the i^eigp -of-Hen^y IVj. called
it rifle-Dauphin ; and the^atter, ingenj^^pecmle^haying,, reputedly
ffettled here,, it becomes perfpicuou^&ony th.e. ac,cpmits ofTheir* ^riters^
while ^^op|ugu^|^e|t}e:i^nts{jremain’im’^m^para^e dcirkt^rT’lRo-
©^n^ j^farms u^ ^hatathj^iflanii-imay contain abpnr'two ’Qmndrecf
mi||gns;pfacje.s .pf^e-xcefent fand,., vratered by rivera and, riyiiits"Irom. ■
a long, chain of ipountains, paffing^ in the ftir^liujm of thefiffemd"- aml
feparating the eaftern from.tbg , weft era, c oaft, but. apn rtuclnng i^fery
^it^^formef. Tlte, two highlit,mountains, are, Vigagoral i’n the N.
a^Xotiftmeni in the, Jfhe, .(cejxery is ftrikingly grm^l^^fpi<^u-
re%ie?i diverfifigd with precipice^ ,cjataTa&s,r and iirimenfe for efts. Tie; ■ -
flax, from the defcriptio.n, feems to’approach that of jj^ew Zealand; 1
products are^fugar eaneSi. qpcoa hutS,” hanahas, tobacco, mmgo,. pnp^Hif
gum lacca, benzoin, amber, ambergris, &c. and the. variety of valuable
plants is prodigious. Cattle, buffaloes, and flieep abound. There are
no lions, tigers, elephants, nor horfes. Many of' the iribft ’Vafhabfe
' .* Lih.lp^p.-I'gli'^i^f1
6 Voyage to Madagafcar, 1792, 8vo.-
I I minerals.