Journal recounting a journey undertaken by Lewis Pelly in Zanzibar in 1862
Date:
1862/1862
Description:
The journal entry has been written on folios 23 and 24 only and recounts Lewis Pelly's visit to the Sohailee [Swahili] Sultan and describes the donkeys and men that awaited them on their boats arrival in the creek; the members of the French consul they encountered en route; and the countryside they traversed.Folio 25 and the recto of folio 26 are blank. On the verso of folio 26 there are some excerpts, written in pencil, from the writings of the french philosopher August Comte.4 folios