Identifier: ourholidayinafri01whee (find matches)
Title: Our holiday in Africa
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Wheeler, W. W. (William Webb), b. 1854
Subjects: Wheeler, W. W. (William Webb), b. 1854
Publisher: (St. Joseph, MO : Press of Combe Printing)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ows of Mango and Palm trees, and thepicturesque, thatched huts of the natives. The old palaces offormer sultans lined the way, as in olden times when the Sul-tan died, a new palace was built for his successor, and theothers allowed to go to ruin. These picturesque ruins are nowcovered with a thick mass of vines or jungle vegetation. Zan-zibar exports three quarters of all the cloves used in the world.This is a good year for the business and a bumper harvest isnow nearly completed. The trees are planted in rows, like ourorchards, and the leaves are similar to our cherry trees. This is one of the greatest ivory markets of Africa. Mostof the business is done by a New York firm, Arnold Cheney &Co., who have been here many years. The present Sultan, Ali-bin-Hammond, who is abouttwenty-five years of age, was educated at Eaton, in England,and, of course, speaks English fluently. He has built, for him-self, a palace in the center of the business district, with his 67 OUR HOLIDAY IN AFRICA
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ZANZIBAR harem adjoining. This palace is built with colonnades allaround it up to the fourth floor, looking more like a businesshouse than a palace. Zanzibar is under an English protectorate; the Sultanclaims a strip ten miles wide along the coast, and has leased itto the English at a regular annual rental. A court of Englishlawmakers sit with him to make all laws, and he has little ac-tual power. The Germans bought out all the rights of the Sultan alongtheir coast, so he has no claim to their East African territory.A former Sultan w^as not so good a trader, and undertook cobluff the British authority and dared them to fire on his ships.The result was that his little fleet w^as sunken in forty-fiveminutes. The mast of one ship still shows above the water inthe harbor, and a danger light is hung above it every night.The harbor is protected by islands, and is a rather good placefor vessels to anchor. There has been no landing place madefor passengers, and the natixe row^ boats, which Ij

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