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ON SLAVE TRADE (EAST COAST OF AFRICA).
be established would be in the interior of
island, which General Rigby has told us is
^tremely unhealthy.
t ] If the depot were es-^WisPg(j
jjj Zanzibar, would not you be afraid
^^t they might be taken as slaves again ?—That
Quid depend on the measures that might be
with a view to their protection ; if ample
Gasures were taken, and the place became
l^^ilised, then the children might be secure, but
present the children would be as likely to be
^dnapped as not.
1349. Mr. Fowler.Have you any mission at
Zanzibar ?—No.
1350. Mr. J. Talbot.l If they were put under
the protection of the British flag at Zanzibar,
what objection would there be to their being
kept there ?—It is an open question ; if the
Government decide on Zanzibar for a depot, no
doubt our committee would consider the propriety
of going to Zanzibar.
1351. Mr. Ki.nnaird.\ The experiment at Nassick
has answered thoroughly, has not it ? —It
has been most satisfactory.
Rev. Horace Waller, called in ; and further Examined.
>.1352. Chairman.^ You have a letter from
Livingstone, from which you wish to read
j'aille extracts to the Committee? — Yes; this
„^tter is dated 1st February 1867 ; he is writing
the country of the Chipéta, which he de-^^^ibes
to be five days march from Lake Nyassa on
east of it, and he says, ‘‘ I am a perfect bugto
these Coast Arab slave traders. Party
^Iter party, on hearing that the English were
?^Riing along the road, skedaddled away through
^V®h and brake and across pathless forests ; one
old party, who had about 800 slaves, and
just entering on a depopulated district of 10
pys’ march with them, finding that I had
^§bted on him, came forward and presented ;in
^ and big bag of flour. This man and brother
^^ded a dish of cooked meat on seeing that we
really famishing. We had pretty hard lines
150 miles ; could not get food for either love
money ; and then the depopulated part ! I
.^Coniplished it on the morning of the eighth
with four companions ; our food was all exl^^iided
on the sixth day, and it was in hard
blight that this good Samaritan slave trader bea
friend indeed.” He afterwards says,
^•^ear the sea coast the country is covered with
^^iise forest. Further inland the forest is more
pen, but you seldom see the horizon ; then the
^Untry becomes undulating, and, from the crests
, the earthen waves you may see mountains all
Pout. The country about Mataka is Mago-*P®^o
magnified ; a perfect rush of running rills
flowing southwards and northwards, forming the
Liendi and Rovuma, which unite at Ngomano.
I counted 15 of these burns in one day’s
march.” Further on, speaking of the slave
traders, he says, “ Instead of a steamer,
which 1 did my best to get on the lake,
two Arab dhows ply their calling as slavers.
The owner of one has swept a large tract on
the western side of people ; at least, so say his
own people. I hey kept their craft out of my
way lest I should burn them.” In another part
of his letter, he says, Some Arabs were fleeing
from the resentment of Manganja, who resented
their bringing arms and ammunition into the
country for their destruction.” He is there referring
to the plan adopted by the slave dealers
of bringing arms and ammunition to set one tribe
against the other. I can speak distinctly to the
fact of its being the chief aim of the slave
traders to set one tribe against the other, in order
that they may bring war and the consequent
destruction into the country which produces ju^t
the state of things that makes slaves cheapest.
Then further on, speaking of travelling with the
Africans, he says, With them we crossed Kirk’s
range, and got among Manganja in the primitive
state, working in iron, and spinning buaze, and
sowing grain extensively.” Buaze is a fibre
used for nets. He is speaking there of a population
which had not been visited by the slave
traders.
^•116.
L 4
Mr. E.
Hutchinson.
25 July
1871.
Rev.
H. Waller.
