ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION FROM KILIMA-NJARO. 



ditierent. Tlir distances are so ^reat that the effect of the great heights 

 and niouutaiii masses are to an extent lost. The neighboring mountains, 

 although often of giant size, rise blue in the distance. Westward is 

 the volcanic pyramid of Meru, scarcely known by name, yet not far 

 from 18,000 feet high, containing a huge crater and secondary cone, 

 which, as seen from a high point upon Kilima-KJaro, is always white 

 with snow. Other neighbors are the TJgweno, Pare, Litema, Ngaserai, 

 and the \'olcanic masses of the Kyulu mountains; all these higher than 

 the Jura and some of gre(iter extent, their very names scarcely as yet 

 known in Europe. From here, in Moshi, Kibo, and Kimaweuzi are each 

 distant about 15 miles and of course do not look very imposing. But 

 the scene in some of tlie gorges and ravines near the bases of the peaks 

 is wild and grand to an extreme. One gorge near the base of Kima- 







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Fig. 1. 

 Mt. Kilima-Njaeo, East Africa. 



( From phiitoer.-ipli in U. S. N. M. ) 



wenzi is very tine, rugged bare walls of lava on both sides and the 

 great black peak standing at the upper end. At one point there area 

 waterfall and a Via Mala on a small scale. (Fig. 1.) 



The zone from 9,000 to 10,000 feet is a particularly pretty, parklike 

 country, with scattered groves, grassy slopes, and downs covered with 

 bracken and heather. Occasionally places are seen which remind one 

 of Devonshire or Hampshire, with the advantage in favor of Kilima- 

 Njaro that on«^ is not crowded by the other inhabitants. At this season 

 (Decend)er) the up])er groves are yellow with the bloom of the Senecio 

 Johnstonii., varied with reddish fruit-bunches of a tree resembling sumac 

 and tlie dark green of the giant heather. The grassy downs are .sprinkled 

 with heathei-, ca-mpaiiulas, strawflowers, gorgeous red lilies, and '' red- 

 hot pokers." 



