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Identifier: africa00johnrich (find matches)
Title: Africa
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871 Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912
Subjects: Africa -- Description and travel Africa -- Social life and customs
Publisher: London : Edward Stanford
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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Stanford^ Gcxig1 EstoCb ZANZIBAR TO THE TANGANYIKA it VICTORIA LAKES.
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ZANZIBAR COAST. 297 2. The Suaheli Race. Both the mainland and the islands are inhabited bythe half-caste Suaheli; the Arab intermixture is, however,so strong, that they now most commonly speak of them-selves as Arabs. All are zealous Mohammedans, endea-vouring to propagate the faith of Islam wherever theirinfluence extends inland. They are, moreover, an ener-getic and enterprising commercial people, and have mono-polised nearly the whole of the trade on the eastern shoresof the continent; but the chief centre of this trade is theisland of Zanzibar, with the capital of the same namelying on its western side over against the mainland. 3. Island and Town of Zanzibar. This island is situated 2400 nautical miles from thesouthern point of India, and about the same distance fromthe Cape of Good Hope and the Suez Canal. It is veryflat, the land rising only a few feet above the sea-level, andnone of the few hills being more than 350 feet high. Thepopulation is estimated at from 300,000 to 350

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