. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . fter one of these high tides the amount of salt depositedwas large enough to supply the whole of the neighbouringdistricts, even the Magarini people coming here for salt deposit is about half-an-hours distance from proper salt-pans were made, as in India, the amountobtained would be considerable. I returned to Gongoni by another route, passing over a lowflat plain, which I understood was partly under water in thewet season.
. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . fter one of these high tides the amount of salt depositedwas large enough to supply the whole of the neighbouringdistricts, even the Magarini people coming here for salt deposit is about half-an-hours distance from proper salt-pans were made, as in India, the amountobtained would be considerable. I returned to Gongoni by another route, passing over a lowflat plain, which I understood was partly under water in thewet season. The soil was black and stiff, thick low bushextending around. I noticed growing here a good many fanpalms and also euphorbias; the Guniahs use the milk of theselast for killing fish by throwing it into the water. The driedbranches also make good torches. I left Gongoni (or R<7s NGo^/iani( two hours distance)at 8 on September 12. The way was at first over thesame country as that going to the salt deposits, then througha .succession of sandy back-waters and mangrove swampsnearly the whole distance, and I again noticed many IV TRAVELS IX EAST AFRICA 8i monkey, and zebra tracks. I passed .several parties of menwith camels from Mombrui, coming to the mangrove swampsfor firewood. On inquiring I ascertained that the coast-landsbeing now almost entirely denuded of bush, parties of menwere sent either up the Sabaki river, or, as in the case ofMombrui, to the mangrove swamps, to obtain firewood, whichwas retailed in small bundles at one pice each. Just before reaching Ras XGomani I entered a flat bushycountry, with very white sandy soil. Ras XGomani consistsof a small cluster of about ten huts, built on a creek windingfar up into the land, with many inlets, and surrounded bymangrove swamps. There was no cultivation whatever, andthe people, all Guniahs, lived by fishing. They possessed afew canoes, and one dhow, which had just come in bringing alarge shark, the fles
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