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THE BRITISH CONSULATE.
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CHURCH ON SLAVE MARKET
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COPYRIGHT 1891 BY ARBUCKLE BROS.NY.
ZÁNZIBAR,
AFRICA.
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YOUR COFFEE
ZANZIBAR, AFRICA.
GRIND
The name Zanzibar, of both State
and Capital city, is a corruption of
the original “Zanguebar," having
arisen from the mispronunciation
of the local Banyans and other In-
dian traders. The State is a Sultan-
AT HOME.
ate of East Central Africa, compris-
It will pay you well to keep a
ing originally the four islands of
Zanzibar, Pemba, Lamu, and Mafia,
small coffee-mill in your kitchen (Monfia, together with the ad-
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and grind your coffee just as jacent seaboard with indefinite
limits toward the interior. This
you use it, one mess at a time.
amount of territory was restricted
Coffee should not be ground by the action of the Anglo-Germanic
until the coffee-pot is ready to Convention in 1886, to an exactly
receive it. Coffee will lose more
defined strip of coast-land, and in
later years further changes have
of its strength and aroma in one taken place, the Sultan's officers in
hour after being ground than
various seaports having given way
to the Commissioners of certain
in six months before being European powers. The Swahili or
ground. So long as
"Coast People” are a mixed race,
the elements of the Bantu and the
Arab being mingled in the propor-
ARIOSA
tion of three to one. They are
remains in the whole berry, our terprise derived from a large in
noted for the intelligence and en-
glazing, composed of choice fusion of Semitic blood, enabling
them to take a leading part in the
eggs and pure confectioners' A development of trade and indus-
sugar, closes the pores of the tries during the last half century in
Africa. The city of Zanzibar is on
coffee, and thereby are retained the west side of the island, about 25
all the original strength and land-Bagamoyo. It comprises two
miles from its port on the main-
aroma.
distinct quarters -- Shangani, the
centre of trade and residence of
ARIOSA COFFEE
the Sultan, and the eastern suburb,
occupied by the lowest classes.
has during 25 years set the Viewed from the sea, the aspect is
standard for all other roasted pleasing, with its gleaming mosques,
palaces, white houses, barracks,
coffees. So true is this that forts and towers. But the interior
is a labyrinth of ill-kept, narrow,
other manufacturers, in recom- winding streets, filled with a dense
mending their goods, , have mass of hovels, described as "a
cesspool of wickedness, oriental in
known no higher praise than
praise than appearance, Mahommedan in re-
ligion, and Arabian in morals.” But
to say, "It's just as good as as a centre of trade, it occupies a
Arbuckles'."
very important position, being regu-
larly visited by several lines of
ocean steamers, and is the focus of
ARBUCKLE BROS. all the exploring and civilizing in-
fluences which have penetrated in-
NEW YORK CITY.
to the eastern section of equatorial
Africa.
The total joint population was
JOSEPH P. KNAPP, LITH. N. Y.
estimated in 1887 at about 100,000.
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