CHAPTER XII
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COAST-LANDS AND
SABAKI DISTRICT PAGE
Fertility of the Country— The Coast-lands— Declining Cultivation—
The Labour Question— Tainul Coolies-*Ploughs and Draught
Animals— Products— Cotton— Coco-nuts— Bananas— Silk-cotton
Trees— Mangrove Timber— The Sabaki as a Water-way— Irrigation—
Timber— Indiarubber : the various species— Nutmegs and
Cacao— Castor - oil— Fibre-producing Plants (SansevicTtas) s
Prices of Fibres— Ramie Grass— Pineapples . . . . . . . 204
CHAPTER X III
MAGARINI— JOURNEY TO MOMBASA, via ROKA AND KONJORA
Cotton— Acting as Arbiter— The Watoro Register— Start for Mombasa—
The Hot Season— Roka— Brackish Soils— Konjora and
its Creeks— M’Tanganiko— Kilifi Creek— Experiences on Board
a Dhow— Visits to Zanzibar and P em b a .........................................237
CHAPTER XIV
SHAMBA LIFE— JOURNEY TO MOMBASA AND BACK
An Unpleasant Voyage— Mr. Weaver becomes my Assistant— The
Wet S e a s o n — Rain-gauge— Shipment of Copra— Transport
Questions— Rats and Snakes— Revisit Jelori— Change in the _
Attitude of the Watoro— Somali Children— A Hard March -
Lions—Watamu— The N’Zovoni River— Meet Bishop Tucker at
Frere Town— Mombasa again— Rabai Mission Station—Through
the Giryama Country— An Enthusiastic Reception . . . . , 252
CHAPTER XV
LAKE KRAWA
Nubian Labourers— Proposed Visit of Sir Gerald Portal Start to
explore Lake Krawa— Arab Shikaries— My Caravan Astray— A
Long Fast— Oil Palms— Lake Krawa. and the K ilifi,R iv e r -
Game— Mosquitoes— Reconnoitring the Country— Return to the
Shambas— Scarcity of Grain— Disinterested Arabs— Flooded
Back-waters— Dead Beat— Sir Gerald Portal’s Mission to Uganda
— A Shooting Party— A Lion Story— Christmas at Mombasa—
A Wretched New Year’s Day— Fever— Mango Crop— Mr.
Weaver’s Work at the Shambas . . . . . . . . . -. . 295
CHAPTER XVI
JOURNEY'FROM MOMBRUI TO THE TANA RIVER Vld GONGONI,
MARERENI, AND LAKE KRAWA
My Expedition— The Coast-lands north of Mombrui— Scarcity of
Water— Dwarf Palms— Marereni— Changes since my last V is it
— An Uncultivated Wilderness—Water-holes— Euphorbias—
Back-waters— Simba Hill— Possibilities of Cultivation— Galla
Path— Lake Krawa— The Tana Valley— Galla Village— Golbanti 310I
CHAPTER XVII
THE TANA RIVER AND COUNTRY
' P A G E
Golbanti Mission Station— The Wa-Pokomo— Lakes of the Tana
V a lle y— Golbanti and surrounding Country:— Lake Ashakababo
— Native Method of extracting Aloe Fibre— Luxuriant Maize—
Flat Country— The Tana— N’Gao— German Mission—Winding
Nature of the River— The Country to the South-west— Lake
Burabin— Mr. Bird-Thompson on the Tana and its Tribes. . . 323
CHAPTER XVIII
GOLBANTI TO WITU
Journey down the River— The Belesoni Canal— The Tana Swamps
— Kalota River— Kisanga Wells— The Ozi River— Kau— Camping
in a Graveyard— Crocodiles— Kirimanda River— “ M’To.
Mombamba ”— March to Witu—European Officers at Witu—
The Rebel Sultan— Salt Lake—The Cattle Disease—A Loyal
Native Gentleman®The Witu Country . .................................... 339
CHAPTER XIX
THE WITU DISTRICT— WITU TO KIPINI
The Utwani Forest— Disturbed State of the Country— The English
Expedition of 1890— The Tsetse Fly— Start for Shaga— Lake
Chakamba—-A German Settler’s Cotton Plantation . . . . . 352
CHAPTER XX
KIPINI TO LAMU— PATTA ISLAND
Kipini— The Òzi River— Camp at U’Kanga— Makombagni— Lake
M’Pekatoni— Hindi—Bomani—-A Flat Country— Fungu Zombo
—Sivatoni— Arura— Wild Cotton— M’Kumbi— Return to the
Coast— M’Kanumbi— March to Makowé— Lamu Island— Arrive
at Patta Island— The Bajoni— Coir Fibre— The Wa-Siyu,
Patta— Difficulty in getting away— Grasping Natives . . . . 366
CHAPTER XXI
FROM PATTA ISLAND TO LAMU AND MOMBASA
Off to Itembe— Mze Saif the Bajoni Chief— Hostile Attitude of the
Wa-Siyu— Mattaroni— Bajoni Cotton Cultivation— Native Ele-
! phant-hunter— His Description of the Unknown Country— The
Rainy Season— Renewed Difficulty in getting away— Sail for
Wange— Round the Mongoni Creek— The Pokomoni River— An
Arduous Day’s March—-Tangave— M’Gini— Lake Bére Béré—
Lamu— A Long Overland Tramp— A New Experience— Magarini
once more— M om b a s a ............................................................................390
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