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amongst the trees and shrubs could be seen number of little Negroes naked or nearly so gazing on us with a curious mixture of fear and curiosity which was laughable. Around the spreading mango and amongst its thick limbs and leaves and over its rough bark twined green and graceful vines Many emitting a grateful perfume and giving to these noble trees a dark shady look which looks so refreshing even in a temperate climate but how much more so [crossed out: amongst] in a zone with the sun over head and its rays piercing thro' and thro' you. Then the Cattle would look at us as strangers sniff the air swing their tails and be off as the wild ones used to do in the Ouchita swamps of Arkansas. At Mtony the sultan has a fine stud of horses they are beautiful full blooded Arabs. With arched neck short ears and clean limbs. Yet I have seen as pretty horses in the states but I do not think as clean limbed and as quick eyed. During all this time we were kept busy. and soon filled up with water, on the 21st A Number of us visited the sultan and dined with him. he gave us a nice blow out. giving in every thing but hog meat. After filling up with water we hauled up off the town of Zanzibar which is about 3 miles to the S of Mtony The Sultan is named Seid-Seid-Ben Sultan, he is the sultan of Muscat and has lived here about 8 years he having moved from Muscat in 36, his reasons for so doing was that the English were too near him, so that his government is as yet not in as good order as he could wish it. his possession extend from Zanzibar to Mozambique to the S' and from Zanzibar to the mouth of the gulf of Persia to the Nd. an extent of coast as large as that of the United States. his power does not extend far in the interior his government is despotic but he is said to be a good and fatherly old Man to his people. his Father was a rebel and an usurper. he rebeled [sic] against the sultan of Mecca. At his death his brother usurped the throne and sold Seid the Sultans son was exiled, but he returned killed his uncle and put to death all opposers thus seated on his fathers throne, surrounded by Budoin [sic] Arabs of the Desert as guardsl he was feared but not loved, so dismissing them, he became a kind and fatherly man to his people. but it did not long last. he was too kind and the cities of Melinda and Mombas rebeled. he sent his son to subdue them but after