Chapter XXI: The Commercial Prospects of Eastern Equatorial Africa 535

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MAPS.

NO. PAGE 1. General Map of East Equatorial Africa _to face_ 1 2. Route to Kilima-njaro 16 3. Kilima-njaro to the Coast (valley of the Ruvu) _to face_ 296 4. Masai languages _to face_ 446 5. Map of Bantu languages 479 6. Kilima-njaro and its vicinity (Proc. R.G.S.) _the end_

ILLUSTRATIONS.

FIG. Portrait of the Author _Frontispiece_ 1. Sir John Kirk 17 2. Sir John Kirk at home _to face_ 21 3. Mtépé (with mat sail) 22 4. Small mtépé and outrigger canoe 23 5. A corridor in Sir John Kirk’s house _to face_ 25 6. Arab dau 26 7. Fishing boat and outrigger canoe 26 8. A Saracenic doorway 27 9. Zanzibar Harbour from the Consulate _to face_ 29 10. A view over the house-tops 28 11. Zanzibar orchids 33 12. Kigelia Africana 34 13. A street in Zanzibar 36 14. The bay of Mbwéni _to face_ 38 15. _Colobus Kirkii_ 39 16. Mombasa _to face_ 42 17. The Shaws’ house, Kisolutini; the first mission station in East Africa 47 18. Virapan, my Tamil servant 62 19. Antelopes and ant-hills (the red hartebeest) _to face_ 65 20. Zebras 67 21. The first view of Kilima-njaro _to face_ 71 22. Sable antelope 69 23. The strange creeper 82 24. The River Habari 83 25. Trees with honey-boxes 92 26. Mandara’s left ear 107 27. View of Mandara’s village from Kitimbiriu _to face_ 119 28. Head and shoulders of our cow 121 29. A view towards Mačame 124 30. A view towards Ugweno 125 31. Mount Méru 126 32. A kite 128 33. Kibô in the early morning _to face_ 136 34. A native dam 137 35. “Kitimbiriu” (our first settlement on Kilima-njaro) 138 36. A corner of our settlement _to face_ 143 37. Clematis and hibiscus 147 38. A ravine in Moši 150 39. Kilima-njaro seen from above Moši (“palms and snow”) _to face_ 152 40. Mkindu palm (_Phœnix_ sp.) 153 41. Čaga doorway 157 42. Čaga storehouse and dwelling 158 43. The captive 159 44. A soldier of Mandara’s 195 45. The Mkuyuni Stream 207 46. Vulturine attitudes 217 47. The Mpala antelope (_Æpyceros melampus_) 219 48. The Game country _to face_ 220 49. Female Roan antelope (_Hippotragus equinus_, ♀︎) 224 50. My settlement at Taveita 227 51. Tree fern (_Lonchitis pubescens_) 231 52. Kilima-njaro, showing both its snow-capped peaks _to face_ 234 53. Raven soaring 235 54. Kibô cloud-capped 258 55. Kimawenzi 265 56. _Senecio Johnstoni_ 268 57. Curious rocks, marked like a tortoise-shell 270 58. Great-billed ravens 271 59. The dome of Kibô from an altitude of 11,000 feet 278 60. Lake Čala 291 61. Kilima-njaro seen from Lake ǰipé _to face_ 298 62. Masai camp 305 63. _Musa Ensete_, a wild banana 331 64. (_a_) Bunch of fruit of _M. Ensete_; (_b_) Single fruit, half natural size 333 65. Branching borassus palm 349 66. _Neotragus Kirkii_ 355 67. Head of great-billed raven (_Corvultur albicollis_) 356 68. The Dying hornbill 357 69. (_a_) The right _manus_ or wing of young ostrich. (_b_) Scale feathers of young ostrich 360 70. Varanus lizards 362 71. A fish from the River Lumi 363 72. _Colobus Guereza_, var. _caudatus_. From the “Proceedings of the Zoological Society” 389 73. _Graphiurus capensis_; (_a_) foot, (_b_) hand 392 74. A Masai warrior 415 75. Men of Taveita making fire 435 76. A Čaga forge 439 77. Čaga utensils: 1. Wooden hoe. 2. Leather honey-case. 3. Gourd. 4. Wooden tray or dish. 5. Club made from rhinoceros’ horn. 6. Knife 441 78. Čaga house 444

_H.H. Johnston, del._ _Weller._
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THE KILIMA-NJARO EXPEDITION.