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BAGAMOYO , a seaport of See also:

German See also:

East See also:

Africa in 6° 22' S., 389 55' E. Pop. about 18,000, including a considerable number of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians. Being the See also:

PORT

port on the mainland nearest the See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

ZANZIBAR

Zanzibar, 26 m. distant, Bagamoyo became the starting-point for caravans to the See also:

GREAT

great lakes, and an entrep8t of See also:

trade with the interior of the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent. It possesses no natural See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour. The See also:

BEACH

beach slopes gently down and See also:

SHIPS

ships See also:

ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor about 2 M. off the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast. The town is See also:

ORIENTAL

oriental in See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character. The buildings include the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

ADMINISTRATOR

administrator, See also:

barracks, a See also:

government school for natives, a See also:

MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque and See also:

HINDU

Hindu See also:

temple, and the See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the See also:

MISSION

Mission du Sacre Cceur; which possesses a large See also:

PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation of coco-See also:

nut palms. Bagamoyo is in telegraphic communication with Zanzibar and with the other coast towns of German East Africa, and has See also:

REGULAR

regular steamship communication with Zanzibar. Of the explorers who made Bagamoyo the starting-point for their journeys to the interior of Africa, the most illustrious were See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Richard See also:

Burton, J. H. See also:

Speke, J. A.

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Grant and Sir H. M. See also:

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