with the help of the Banyan, he is easily set on his feet again.

We will suppose, for the sake of illustrating how trade with the
interior is managed, that the Arab conveys by his caravan $5,000's
worth of goods into the interior. At Unyanyembe the goods are
worth $10,000; at Ujiji, they are worth $15,000: they have
trebled in price. Five doti, or $7.50, will purchase a slave in
the markets of Ujiji that will fetch in Zanzibar $30. Ordinary
menslaves may be purchased for $6 which would sell for $25 on the
coast. We will say he purchases slaves to the full extent of his
means--after deducting $1,500 expenses of carriage to Ujiji and
back--viz. $3,500, the slaves--464 in number, at $7-50 per head--
would realize $13,920 at Zanzibar! Again, let us illustrate
trade in ivory. A merchant takes $5,000 to Ujiji, and after
deducting $1,500 for expenses to Ujiji, and back to Zanzibar, has
still remaining $3,500 in cloth and beads, with which he purchases
ivory. At Ujiji ivory is bought at $20 the frasilah, or 35 lbs.,
by which he is enabled with $3,500 to collect 175 frasilahs, which,
if good ivory, is worth about $60 per frasilah at Zanzibar.
The merchant thus finds that he has realized $10,500 net profit!
Arab traders have often done better than this, but they almost
always have come back with an enormous margin of profit.

The next people to the Banyans_in power in Zanzibar are the
Mohammedan Hindis. Really it has been a debateable subject in my
mind whether the Hindis are not as wickedly determined to cheat in
trade as the Banyans. But, if I have conceded the palm to the
latter, it has been done very reluctantly. This tribe of Indians
can produce scores of unconscionable rascals where they can show
but one honest merchant. One of the honestest among men, white or