Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters and on the Eastern Coast of Africa.

Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, London, 1873. 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xii, 453pp, 32pp adverts dated October '72, folding coloured map, frontispiece and 15 illustrations. Very good but worn half leather binding, corners bumped. Some browning to the end papers. Internally fine. Scarce.

Captain Sulivan's (1832-1904) experiences suppressing the slave trade, beginning in 1849 when he joined H.M.S. Castor, and his subsequent commands of H.M. ships Pantaloon and Daphne. There are descriptions of the methods and horrors of the slave trade, condition of slaves, slave markets, and colonial culture and politics along the coast, including Aden, Somalia, the Seychelles, Zanzibar, and Mozambique.