Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-31
In FAR-OFF ZANZIBAR
DICKINsONIANs VISITED


Africa to India;
Sunday night, about midnight, the
anchors were let down awaiting day
light to pass farther up the channel
to Zanzibar, where anchors were
again dropped about eighty rods
from the shore, as there is no land
ing here for large vessels. We drew
near towards the town just after the
sun was up, and 1t was indeed a
beautiful sight; the buildings in the
business part of the town, built OF
mud and stone and whitewashed and
the beautiful tropical growth make
it quite picturesque. Here there were
about two hundred and sixty more
Indian passengers taken on which
REQUIRED almost the entire day, as
they, with their abundance OF lug
gage, were all taken on from small
boats, and up one flight Of steps; and
seemingly every one was looking out
for number one; these with the ma
tive boatmen made a veritable babel.
/ wonder what the one was ike
which we read of in the early history
of the world?
During this time we spent several
hours on shore to see the town and a
few of the places of most interest;
we're in the English Mission building,
the Catholic church, the market and
several of 'Ye olde curiosity shoppes.
The town is not laid out on mod
ern plans, the streets are narrow
winding and angling in most every
, direction; with abundance OF filth
and stencil, and evidently not the
highest type of morality. AT four
o'clock we left this place, sailing still
farther north, for about fourteen
hours to our last stop on the East
Africa coast, Mombasa, where we
anchored at about seven o'clock nex'
morning. Here number Of the In
dian passengers were left off, bu'
still more taken on until the boats
limit (5OO) was reached. Quite Q
number more were ready also te
board the vessel, but were refused
During the day we again went OF
shore and spent several hours seeing
the town which is built on much thu
same plans as the one previously de
scribed. We were at the old tort
where their prisoners are now kept
occupations are provided for them' a
which to labor; while they serV'
their time and pay the penalty 10
their wrong doings. Some were a
basket making, some at spinning
others weaving, still others preparin
cocoa fiber, and weaving mating
some washing and some on the WOO
pile putting spit wood into bundles
which is carried by the convicts, III
der guard, into the town and sold Q
five bundles for about fifty cent'
Sometimes services are held here &c
the benefit of the prisoners, most
by the Roman Catholics. This foi
was built by the Portuguese aDou
four hundred and fifty years ag'
From here we took stroll throug
, the park, through the English Catn'
draL to several of the markets, an
through the principal street OF tn
native part of the town. The BUS
ness which is varied and crowded
principally carried on by lndlah'
Judging from the number OF MI
bammedan Mosques Gas Informed
our guide who was a Mohammedan
being not less than thirty-fve' "
conclude this to be the prevailing r.
ligiOn.
Into the mosques we would not /
permitted to enter except by pc
D mission of the priest, and then u
Y our guide put it, we would have
:. take our feet out (meaning out
our shoes) and wash them. AS v
g we're walking along, l questioned nj
n as to their religion. He said th'
s believe in Jesus Christ, that He WI
r second, but Mohammet was first; tn
I they don't believe that He was Il
a Son of God, but admitted that i
was a good man. then asked h
8 opinion of a good man, whether
v good man would lie. He said, mo
n I then told him that He said He WI
the Son Of God, and asked him VIII
c he makes of that; but evidently b
s paper was out" and had nothii
t more to say on that point.
It He told us what are the Quallti
d of a good Mohammedan. Amol
4 them is going to the Mosque fl
Il times a day to pray; at four in u
i morning, at twelve. at three, at $
q and seven in the evening; prayll
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