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SWAHILI WOMEN ...............................................................................
NATIVE SHAMBA, m’TONDOA . , ; ‘. ...................................................................
WATCHING THE WHITE MAN PASS ....................................... 159
WAKAMBA— NORTH BANK OF THE SABAKI . . .' . . . . . . . 163
VILLAGE GATEWAY— NORTH BANK OF THE S A B A K I ......................................... 167
THE THREATENED RAID— ON OUR WAY TO JELORI, NEWS ON THE ROAD l8 l
A DEAD B A B O O N ..............................................................................................................
COCO-NUT TREES IN THE MELINDI DISTRICT................................................... 205
COTTON STORE SHED— MAGARINI PLANTATIONS . . . . . . . . . 210
SEA ISLAND COTTON PLANTATION— MAGARINI PLANTATIONS . . . . 211
COCO-NUT GROVE— MAGARINI PLANTATIONS . . . . . . . . . .. 215
BREAKING COCO-NUTS FOR COPRA— MAGARINI PLANTATIONS . . . 217, 219
VIEW FROM MAGARINI HILL x. ¿23
VIEW FROM MAGARINI HILL, LOOKING INLAND..................................... 231
CAMP IN SHAMBA ABEDI— MAGARINI P L A N T A T IO N S .....................................239
WANIKA VILLAGE, NEAR MAGARINI. . . . . . . ............................... 24I
NATIVE LABOUR— FREED SLAVE WOMEN— MAGARINI PLANTATIONS . . . ¡ ¡ j j
CAMP-SHED, SHAMBA BARAKA— MAGARINI PLANTATIONS . . . . . . 253
COTTON FIELD— MAGARINI PLANTATIONS."*,. . . . . . . . . . . S j j j
MORNING MUSTER— MAGARINI PLANTATIONS . . . . . i . . . . 257
BREAKING COCO-NUTS FOR COPRA— MAGARINI PLANTATIONS . . . . 261
DRYING COPRA— MAGARIN*[ PLANTATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . ' 265
EAST AFRICAN CAMELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
MR. WEAVER’S HUTSMAGARINI . . . . . . . . . . . . ... | . 2 71
A “ SHAURl” WITH WA-GIRYAMA AND WAKAMBA CHIEFS AT JELORI . jj§j§
RECEIVING A WANIKA DEPUTATION. AT MY - CAMP-SHED IN SHAMBA
NGHANIMA. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
A NATIVE DANCE . . . . . . . ........................................... ...... ' . . . 283
FRERE TOWN BAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
NATIVE VILLAGE . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . 289
ARRIVAL OF THE NUBIANS AT MAGARINI . ................................................. ...... 293
MY HEAD-MAN DUMGU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
SENDING ESTATE PRODUCE TO THE COAST . . . . . (......................... . .. 301
ARAB DHOWS— MOMBASA HARBOUR......................... ..... 305
MORNING MUSTER—^-MAGARINI . . . . . . . . . . . . v. . , 307
PAY-TIME— MAGARINI PLANTATIONS ........................................... ...... . 311
EAST AFRICAN CAMELS ............................ . . . . ..... ............................................ 3 ^
THE FIRST PLOUGH USED ON THE COAST— MAGARINI PLANTATIONS . . 319
THE TSETSE FLY . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................... 356
MAGNIFIED PROBOSCIS OF TSETSE FLY . . . . ............................................ 357
LEAF OF WILD COTTON PLANT GROWING IN THE VILLAGE OF ARURA . 372
BORASSUS P A L M S ........................................... . . . ............................................ 374
LAMU FORT ............................... ..................................... 379
L IST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xxiii
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ÏLAMU MARKET . . ................................................................... ^
iAFTERNOON TEA AT MAGARINI • • ■ ...................................................................4°9
THE ADMINISTRATOR’S HOUSE AT KII.INDINI MOMBASA...............................411
MY LAST GLIMPSE OF MAGARINI PLANTATIONS--PEAÇE AND PROSPERITY 413
MARKET STREET, MOMBASA............................................................. ..............................
A STREET IN LAMU ■“ Al 7
MY PORTERS............................................................... • ■ • 42°
MY PORTERS-—A, HALT ON THE W A Y ............................................................ . 426
CAMP AT ITEM B E ............................................................. ...... ; ....................................4*8
s h w é . . . . . • • • ■ ‘ • • • ■ • ■ • • - 432
r u b u . . . ........................................... • ■ ■ • • ■ • • 433
MOHAMED BIN SAIF. . . 434
KIONGA B A Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S ¡¡lg '. . . 438
KIONGA .............................. 440
HIGH STONE PILLAR, NORTH OF RAS KIAMBONE - , . 443
MY CARAVAN ON THE MARCH TO PORT DURNFORB . . . . . . . . 445
CAMP AT SHAKALASIA ..................................... . • ..............................447
FIRST VIEW OF PORT DURNFORD ESTUARY . ............ .................................... 449
CAMP AT BURKAU.............................. 45°
PORT DU RNFORD.............................. 452
INTO THE B U S H .............................. . . . . . . . . < . ' . 453
BÜRAMANZÂ H I L L ................................................ 456
OUR' PATH THROUGH THE BUSH ..........................................................458
LAST DAY’S CAMP IN THE BUSH....... ........................... . 459
TYPE OF LARGER TREE GROWING IN THE IN T E R IO R ...............................................461
CAMP AT BURKAU . . . . - .............................................464
CAMP AT SHAMKU 468
KIONGA— PORTERS WAITING FOR THE ORDER TO START . . . . . . . 475
CAMP IN MOHAMED BIN SAIB’s METAMAH SHAMBA................................................477
SHAURI WITH THE WA-BONI HEAD-MAN . i . 480
WA-BONI W O M E N ........................................... .................................................................. 481
MY PRESENTS TO THE WA-BONI . ............................... 483
IN THE WA-BONI COUNTRY— WAITING FOR GUIDES.............................. 485
THE DODÖRI RIVER- .............................................................S . .. . - 491, 492
LOOKING DOWN THE DODORI RIVER......................................................................... 495
LAST CAMP IN THE WA-BONI COUNTRY.............................. 498
THE FORT— MOMBASA.............................. 500
h om ew ard bo u n d . . . ' . . ...............................................................................502
RESTING AT THE WELL ' . 531
ARAB WELL ' . ' ; 586
BOWSTRING HEMP' . 708
SECTIONS' OF LEAVES OF SPECIES OF SANSEVIERIA................................................ 709