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648 SLAVE TRADE.

And allowing an importation of one hundred
i or one hundred and fifty
of the former, and ten of the latter, to Aseeloo and the other numerous
small ports, would give a total of one thousand one hundred and fifty
and eighty respectively annually imported into Persia through the ports
in the Gulf; but this by no means forms the whole number that find
their way into the interior of that country. The large number of pil­
grims that proceed annually to Mecca and Kerbelah return with slaves,
averaging rich and poor one to each pilgrim.
An estimate of the number of slaves conveyed annually to Koweit
JBussora, and Mohumrah may be pretty accurately formed from the
following abstract statement, derived from a register which was kept
during a portion of one season at Karrack, during the period that island
was occupied by the British Troops :—

Abstract Statement, showing the number of Boats belonging to parti­
cular Ports, which arrived at Karrack in August, September, and
October 1841, having Slaves on board.

Greatest Least Kumber of Slaves. Average
Number of Vessels belonging to N umber Number of Slaves
each Port. in one in one per Remarks.
Boat. Boat. Males. Females. Total. Boat.

6 to Koweit................. 40 5 38 65 103 17 s= «
36 to Soor..................... 28 2 212 143 355 10 <8 2 tJ>
16 to Muskat ............. 42 1 92 74 166 10$ ? S S
1 to Island of Hamrali.. 12 12 2 10 12 12
2 to Khaboora ......... 5 2 6 1 7 34 f-s £*
6 to Sohar................. 44 4 33 54 87 14* O cJ «
20 to Lingah................. 27 1 72 122 194 n
1 to Muliarag............. 40 40 20 20 40 40
1 to Charrak ............. 23 23 6 17 23 23 ^ 3
£ (3 M
15 to Ras-ool-Khyma .. 26 1 62 81 143 9$ ill
1 to Aboothabee......... 1 1 1 1 1 <y £ P.
1 to Bahrein ............. 1 1 1 1 1
1 to Mogoo.................I 1 1 1 1 2 1
1 to Kishm .... 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 to Yemen.... 11 11 6 5 11 11 a *>
1 to Amulgavine 2 2 2 2 2 5lg
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111 boats .... 552 597 1,151 t o %
6 other places 26 42 68 22$
£:3
117 44 1 578 639 1,217 10$ o*g g
S e-
f 6 a8&reS*te here may be fairly increased by one-half on account
e apse o a portion of the season before the register was com-
DCe ’ • °n account boats conveying slaves which probably
rocee e direct to their destination without touching at Karrack, and

would thus amount to 1,828.

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