I have been much amused by the comments of the press upon the expenses of minor officials living abroad, as elicited from Ministers and Chargés d’Affaires by the Diplomatic Committee of 1870. There seems to be a deeply-rooted idea in the British brain that, because heavily taxed, our native island is the most expensive of residences. On the contrary, I have even found England the cheapest country, and London the cheapest capital in Europe. At Fernando Po my outlay was never less than £1800; at Santos (Brazil) it was £1500; at Damascus, from £1200 to £2000, and so forth. Footnote 88: For other details concerning the currency see the Appendix. Footnote 89: Pliny, however (vi. 35), calls Baricazu a ‘town of Æthiopia.’ Footnote 90: In 1844 there were 500 Banyans on the Coast and Island,—the number has now nearly trebled. Footnote 91: Such is the general view. There may, however, be a section of the Druze creed that retains the calf-image in honour. Footnote 92: ‘Handsome Moses’ is mentioned in ‘The Lake Regions of Central Africa’ (i. 323, et passim). He and his ‘brother,’ Sayyán, entered the country about 1830. Footnote 93: I state this upon the authority of Lieut.-Colonel Hamerton. Capt. Guillain (iii. 414) appears to think the language Zangian much mixed with Arabic. Footnote 94: One of my informants suggested that from this peculiar tattoo, ‘Unyamwezi,’ the Land of the Moon, might have taken the name which the Greeks after their fashion literally translated ‘Mountain-range of the Moon.’ CHAPTER IX. HORSEFLESH AT ZANZIBAR.—THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY, AND THE CLOVE PLANTATIONS. ‘Peregrination charms our senses with such unspeakable and sweet variety, that some count him unhappy that never travelled, and pity his case, that from his cradle to his old age beholds the same still; still, still the same, the same.’—‘ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY,’ Part II. sect. ii. mem. 3. Most Europeans at Zanzibar keep horses which they seldom ride. The Sayyid, however, had, after hospitable Arab custom, placed a large stud at the disposal of Lieut.-Colonel Hamerton and his guests. I had heard much of the Oman blood, so before excursioning to the outskirts of Zanzibar City we proceeded to the Prince’s stables.