Hunting in Many Lands 



clouds, and said there could not have been 

 any water over the road we had just come. 

 These Kibonoto people had never been visited 

 by an European, but received us kindly. The 

 people of Kibonoto are the westernmost in- 

 habitants on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. 



From there to Taveta our road was an easy 

 one, lying through friendly peoples. After a 

 brief rest at Taveta, I returned to the coast, 

 reaching Zanzibar a little over six months 

 after I had set out from it. 



Perhaps a word about the climate of the 

 part of the country through which I passed 

 will not be amiss. Both my servant and my- 

 self suffered from fever, but not to any serious 

 extent. If a sedentary life is avoided — and 

 this is an easy matter while on a journey — if 

 one avoids morning dews and evening damps, 

 and protects his head and the back of his neck 

 from the sun, I do not think the climate of 

 East Africa would be hurtful to any ordinarily 

 healthy person. For my part, I do not think 

 either my servant or myself have suffered any 

 permanent ill effects from our venture; and 

 yet the ages of twenty-one and seventeen are 

 not those best suited for travels in the tropics. 



W. A. C hauler. 



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