'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎261] (438/524)

TOUR IN COUNTRIES AROUND ZANZIBAR, &C, 26]
29- In 1609, the first Governor of the whole coast landed at Mo
zambique, and three years afterwards the Ecclesiastical Government of
the district was severed from that of Goa.
30. In 1645, the exportation of slaves to Brazil commenced in con
sequence of the kingdom of Angola having fallen into the hands of the
Dutch. In 1 649, the English commenced to trade on the East Coast
of Africa ; in the following year the Portuguese lost Muscat; in 1651
the Dutch established themselves at the Cape, and in 1655 the French
erected a factory An East India Company trading post. at Madagascar, so many steps towards the ruin of
Mozambique.
31. In 1671 the monopoly of trade was taken from the Governor
of Mozambique, and thrown open to all Portuguese, and in 1687 Ba
nians from India made their first appearance as traders.
32. Mombassa fell into the hands of the Arabs in 1700 ; in 1725, it
was once more taken by the Portuguese, and with it the island of
Zanzibar, but four years subsequently these possessions were lost to
them for ever.
33. At this time the Dutch first set foot in East Africa, the estab
lishment they formed at Lorenco Marques in 1721 was destroyed by
English pirates in 1733, nor were the Austrians, who built a factory An East India Company trading post. a
{he same place in 1778 more fortunate, being driven out two years after
wards by a military force sent from India.
34. A decree of the 19th April 1752 separated the Captaincy of
Mozambique from the Government of Goa, and the Lieutenant-Governor
took the title of Governor and Captain-General of Mozambique, Sofalla
the rivers of Sena, and the whole coast of Africa, and its Continent,
from Cape Delgado to Lorenco Marques.
35. By 1775 a fort, barracks, prison, magazine and church were
completed on the mainland opposite Mozambique, and early in the
following year the whole w^ere destroyed by the natives, who plundered
everything, burnt the houses, and killed such of the inhabitants as did
not escape by timely flight.
36. During the next few years the country suffered much from the
rapacity of its own Governor and from commercial competition with
the French, who had established a factory An East India Company trading post. at Kilwa. European and
Arab pirates made repeated attacks on all points, rendering interior
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