CHAPTER V.

GEOGRAPHICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL 116

SECT. I. AFRICA, EAST AND WEST—‘ZANZIBAR’ EXPLAINED— 116 MENOUTHIAS—POSITION AND FORMATION—THE EAST AFRICAN CURRENT—NAVIGATION—ASPECT OF THE ISLAND

II. METEOROLOGICAL NOTES—THE DOUBLE SEASONS, &c. 150

III. CLIMATE CONTINUED—NOTES ON THE NOSOLOGY OF 176 ZANZIBAR—EFFECTS ON STRANGERS

IV. NOTES ON THE FAUNA OF ZANZIBAR 197

V. NOTES ON THE FLORA OF ZANZIBAR 218

VI. THE INDUSTRY OF ZANZIBAR 252

VISIT TO THE PRINCE SAYYID MAJID.—THE GOVERNMENT OF ZANZIBAR 256

A CHRONICLE OF ZANZIBAR.—THE CAREER OF THE LATE ‘IMAM,’ 276 SAYYID SAID

ETHNOLOGY OF ZANZIBAR.—THE FOREIGN RESIDENTS 312

HORSEFLESH AT ZANZIBAR.—THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY, AND THE 346 CLOVE PLANTATIONS

ETHNOLOGY OF ZANZIBAR.—THE ARABS 368

ETHNOLOGY OF ZANZIBAR.—THE WASAWAHILI AND THE SLAVE RACES 407