CHAPTER VII
OTHER PRODUCTS OF ZANZIBAR
PAG E
The Coco-nut and its Products— Betel-nuts and Betel Pepper-9 H
Mango and other Fruit Trees—Alimentary Plants— Banana
Fibre— Grains— Ground-nuts— Chillies— Dyes— Domestic Animals
in Zanzibar ............................................................................564
CHAPTER VIII
NEW PRODUCTS SUITABLE FOR CULTIVATION IN ZANZIBAR
Fibres Cacao— Nutmegs— Cinnamon— Pimento— Pepper Vine—
G i n g e r ......................... 576"
CHAPTER IX
TOUR IN PEMBA ISLAND
Points needing Investigation— Arrival at Weti—Arab Name for the
Island— Exuberance of the Vegetation— An Arab Proprietor-
Undulating Country— Uncleaned Ground— Fine Clove Trees—
Narrow Creeks—Mohamed bin Tumah and his Shambas—
Coffee Trees .............................. 587
CHAPTER X
TOUR in p em b a i s l a n d — continued
The Sea-shore near Weti— Cross Weti Creek— Coco-nut Groves...
Extensive Cultivation— Cassava—A Considerable River— Drenching
Rain— Witchcraft— Wild Vanilla— Swampy Valleys— Hilly
Country— Great Extent of Clove Shambas— Need of D ra inag e-
Complete my Inspection .................................................. 596
CHAPTER XI
AGRICULTURE IN PEMBA ISLAND
Clove Cultivation in Pemba— Nutmegs— Copra Drying— Rich Soil
of the Island— The Labour Question— Scarcity of Capital . . 606
A PPEND ICES
A-— f u r t h e r in f o r m a t io n r e s p e c t in g t h e WA-GIRYAMA . . 6 15
B- REPORTS AND VALUATIONS ON EAST AFRICAN PRODTUCTS . 624
C.— METEOROLOGY OF BRITISH EAST A F R I C A ......................................656
D .— NOTES ON AMERICAN RUBBER-PRODUCING TREES . . . . 678
E.— EXTRACTS RELATING TO FIBRE-PLANTS . . . . . . . . 707
F.— SIR JOHN KIRK’S GARDEN AT ZANZIBAR . . . . . . . . 726
G.— THE CLOVE TREE . . . . . . 7 3 1
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO ............................... 737
IN D E X .......................................................................... 741
L I S T OF I L L U S T R A T I O N S
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PORTRAIT o f t h e a u t h o r (Frontispiece)
THE BAOBAB T R E E 3
PORT DURNFORD ESTUARY . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
KILINDINI HARBOUR . . . . . . . ............................................................. 6
LANDING-PLACE, MOMBASA........................................... ...... ............................... ...... 13
DISTRICT OFFICER’S HOUSE, MELINDI . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SAID BIN HAMID, LIWALI OF MELINDI ........................................... ...... 15
VASCO DA GAMA’S PILLAR, MELINDI.' . ............................................................ 16
MOMBRUI........................................... . . . . . . . . 19
NATIVE VILLAGE— SHAMBA M’PANDIANI . . . . . 21
A WANIKA HEAD-MAN . . . ........................... . . . . . . . . . . : - 2<
WANIKA VILLAGE . 27
WANIKA W O M E N ......................................................................... ...... 29
E£ST AFRICAN SLAVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 31
FREED SLAVES— MAGARINI. PLANTATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.
A WANIKA HUT. . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . ............. . . . . . . . . . . 45
VIEW FROM MAGARINI HILL-r-LOOKING SEAWARDS . . . . . . . . . . . 49
ALI BIN SALIM, LIWALI OF MOMBRUI, AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW . .. ¡¡§
COCO-NUT TREE . . / . . . .58
BETEL-NUT PALMS . ) . . . . . . . . . . .. * . . . . ' . .. . 6 1.
PRINCIPAL FRUITS AND FOOD STUKFS OF THE COAST-LANDS. . . .. . 65.
WANIKA LABOURERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
NATIVE AGRICULTURE : THRESHING AND-WINNOWING METAMAH . . 79
À GIRYAMA VILLAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 95
WArGIRYAMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | | IOO
WA-DIGO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
WA-GIRYAMA WOMEN. ..................................... . . . . . . . | . 1x2
WA-GIRYAMA ..................................... 4 x34
A WA-GIRYAMA FAMILY . .............................................. . . - 1 3 5
NATIVES-OF. M’TANGANIKO . . . , , .138