Zanzibar; city, island, and coast. Vol. 2 (of 2)

by Sir Richard Francis Burton

[111]. Melinde Pillar is in S. lat. 3° 12′ 8″ (Raper).

[112]. Ra’as Gomany, N. point N. lat. 3° 0′ 0″ (Raper).

[113]. Kilefi Bay confounded with the mouth of the Adi, Sabaki, or Sabbak river, which debouches a little north of Formosa Bay, in which Melinde lies.

[114]. Possibly the Mtu Apa (Tuaca or Nash river), or the Takaungu streamlet, farther north.

[115]. The Corôa de Mombaza on the mainland nearly due north (magnetic) of the settlement.

[116]. Its extreme length is 42 geographical miles.

[117]. For leagues, read geographical miles.

[118]. Modern charts show no such reef, and the minimum of mid-channel is 15 fathoms.

[119]. They are about midway in the island’s length.

[120]. Champani, the ‘Ile des Français,’ or Cemetery Island.