| Show THE IVORY TRADE how it Is in conducted by th the Mor merchants chants 0 of f anti anil thear agent Agi it fr for giai many y years zanzibar was tile the great ivory mart of tile world formerly hal flint commodity wis all brodi brought lit iscra uli bother ciber it came caine from tho the c chait abt or the interior but with the iacre increased q sed consumption and valno of ivory elephants P hanta are arc fust fast bein being exterminated a and it no nosy DOW sy have to lc be sought far in ill the interior it to the ot cit of tanganyika and northwest of victoria nyanza the chief trading center in the in I 1 elerior leriotis ler ioris is tabira lit in where various caravan routes meet and the method pursued at present is for indian traders to equip a caravan in Z anzi bar and place it in charge of an experienced and ad trl tn st worthy arab ilia takes it from Bagar Big amoyo noyo opposite zanzibar to it if ile he can find enough ihori there lie ho makes an ali exclia a for it with the iho goods which he be has brought rought for tile the purpose and starts on oil the ha re rc inrid urn journey but as a rule the iho caravan has to 0 go o farther and the conductor must judge 0 whole hu he can M aa go with most chance of speedy success large quantities of ivory ivory ue are usually usually y in ill the hands of nativi native chiefs with willi whom it is a kind of tre treasure and sometimes clio arab conductors who ire are usually accompanied by well armed escorts are said to make war on oil a chief seize his ivory and sell im hk people into slavery if the ilia trader call not secure a quantity suf safe to make a return journey at once lie ho must buy in small quantities froni from time to time as occasion arises and sometimes is forced to wait in the interior for years before lie he can part with all his merchandise and obtain his loads of ivory the I 1 greater part odthe of alie ivory arrives in zanzibar in july jidy ai d august 0 and is thou then either sent by the indian merchants direct to bombay or load donilon Lo nilon or is sold to german or american Anic merchants on oil the spot there are no lie statistics of the annual deport of ivory tram Z Zin in but biu for the last ten years the ilia quantity basteen has been very nearly the sanie same the price bolever bo wever has trebled since aluce 1810 Jew jewelers eters aweeky |
