Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15943

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1298.—“Zanghibar is a great and noble Island, with a compass of some 2000 miles. The people . . . are all black, and go stark naked, with only a little covering for decency. Their hair is as black as pepper, and so frizzly that even with water you can scarcely straighten it,” &c., &c.—*Marco Polo*, ii. 215. Marco Polo regards the coast of Zanzibar as belonging to a great island like Madagascar.

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