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have been sportsiiieii, explorer.s, or missionaries, an entirely different 

 class from the wretelied mon,i;reI l*ortu,!HU('se who have given Euro- 

 peans such a ba-d uiime iu South Africa. It is much to be feared lest 

 when the hord<' of hungry adventurers and ''riftrati'" of all descrip- 

 tions get loose upon east Africa, the wiiite man's stock may fall con- 

 siderably. 



Kilimanjaro with its cool, healthy, and Ijracing climate will without 

 doubt some day be a great sanitarium for the Europeans from the hot 

 and fever-stricken coast regions. The comparative convenience to tlic 

 coast adds to its attractions. Kenia, wiiich might otherwise rival it, 

 is much more inaccessible, being 150 miles farther inland and the route 

 very difticult. Yet for my part 1 shall be sorry to see civilization in- 

 vade this region, and hope the day may be far distant when a railroad 

 (now projected) opens the Avay into the interior and drives oW the herds 

 of game that stdl pasture within sight of Africa's great snow mount- 

 ains. 



