CONTENTS OF VOL. I.


CHAPTER I.
PAGE
PREPARATORY[1]
CHAPTER II.
ARRIVAL AT ZANZIBAR ISLAND[16]
CHAPTER III.
HOW THE NILE QUESTION STOOD IN THE YEAR OF GRACE 1856[38]
CHAPTER IV.
A STROLL THROUGH ZANZIBAR CITY[66]
CHAPTER V.
GEOGRAPHICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL[116]
Sect.I.AFRICA, EAST AND WEST—‘ZANZIBAR’ EXPLAINED—MENOUTHIAS—POSITION AND FORMATION—THE EAST AFRICAN CURRENT—NAVIGATION—ASPECT OF THE ISLAND[116]
II.METEOROLOGICAL NOTES—THE DOUBLE SEASONS, &c.[150]
III.CLIMATE CONTINUED—NOTES ON THE NOSOLOGY OF ZANZIBAR—EFFECTS ON STRANGERS[176]
IV.NOTES ON THE FAUNA OF ZANZIBAR[197]
V.NOTES ON THE FLORA OF ZANZIBAR[218]
VI.THE INDUSTRY OF ZANZIBAR[252]
CHAPTER VI.
VISIT TO THE PRINCE SAYYID MAJID.—THE GOVERNMENT OF ZANZIBAR[256]
CHAPTER VII.
A CHRONICLE OF ZANZIBAR.—THE CAREER OF THE LATE ‘IMAM,’ SAYYID SAID[276]
CHAPTER VIII.
ETHNOLOGY OF ZANZIBAR.—THE FOREIGN RESIDENTS[312]
CHAPTER IX.
HORSEFLESH AT ZANZIBAR.—THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY, AND THE CLOVE PLANTATIONS[346]
CHAPTER X.
ETHNOLOGY OF ZANZIBAR.—THE ARABS[368]
CHAPTER XI.
ETHNOLOGY OF ZANZIBAR.—THE WASAWAHILI AND THE SLAVE RACES[407]
CHAPTER XII.
PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE[469]
APPENDIX.
THE UKARA OR UKEREWE LAKE[490]