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CONTENTS. 



PART L TO THE ISLAND OF WAR. 



I. THE OPEN DOOR 9 



IL THB FAREWELL 17 



III. PORT SAID 23 



IV. SUEZ 33 



V. THE RED SEA 39 



VI. ADEN . 51 



VII. THE INDIAN OCEAN 58 



VIII. MOMBASA 68 



PART II. THE SHIMBA HILLS. 



IX. A TROPICAL JUNGLE 87 



X. THE SABLE 100 



XI. A MARCH ALONG THE COAST . . . 108 



XII. THE FIRE 117 



PART III. NAIROBI. 



XIII. UP FROM THE COAST . . . . .127 



XIV. A TOWN OF CONTRASTS . . . .133 

 XV. PEOPLE 140 



XVI. RECRUITING 150 



PART IV. A LION HUNT ON KAPITI. 



XVII. AN OSTRICH FARM AT MACHAKOS . . 161 



XVIII. THE FIRST LIONESS 170 



XIX. THE DOGS 176 



XX. BONDONI 181 



