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282 VISIT TO ZANZIBAR.

is at the foot of a while round lower, which stands
near the custom
house, on the point of the town,—it cannot well be called a castle. It
consists of a square fort or prison, with four walls, and a small tower in
each corner; the guns, eight or nine in number, are out of condition,
and outside of the lower close to the beach : a jolly boat would
take it, or knock it down. It is said His Highness intends to build a
new fort.
In concluding this statement of my proceedings, I feel it my duty to
stale that His Highness the Imaum, during our stay at Zanzibar, con­
tinued to send off daily a bullock, with vegetables, and fruit sufficient
for the officers and ship’s company, and completed us with wood and
water, for which Ills Highness would not receive any payment. The
morning before our departure, his interpreter came to say that His
Highness had S,000 dollars, which lie wished to send to Bombay, and
he would pay me the freight. After the generous manner in which
we had been treated, and the munificent oiler of a seventy-four to His i
Majesty, I thought I should ill represent my king, or the generosity of
my country, by receiving freight on so small a sum; I therefore, in
return, declined payment, and received the 8,000 dollars, without freight,
to be landed at Bombay.
List of the Ships of War belonging to His Highness the Imaum of
Muskat, with their Force, Tonnage, Age, Slate, and Condition,
laying at Zanzibar.

Built.
Names. Quality. Guns. Tons. State. Remarks, &c.
When. ■Where.

Liverpool.... Ship. 74 1826 Bombay. 1S00 Good. Hull in good condition. Her
roasts are struck and stripped,
except the lower masts, and
her yards are lore and aft on
the booms. She has about
150 Natives on board.

Bombay, was new coppered,
Shah Allum... Frigate. 50 1820 Bombay. 1100 Good. She was docked last year at
aud had a thorough repair.
She is now at anchor off the
town of Zanzibar, as a guard-
ship. Her roasts are struck,
and stripped, except the lower
masts, and her yards are fore
aud aft on the booms. Slio
has about 50 men on board.
In good condition, and going to
Good.
Piedmontese.. Frigate. 36 1829 Cochin. 761 M adagascar. Is at present in
the same state as the others:
masts struck, and yards fore
and aft on - the booms. She
has 18 or 20 men on board.