THE START 



the Italian army during the recent Turko-Tunisian cam- 

 paign. The- condition in which Menelik paroled five 

 hundred Italian prisoners is something to be remembered 

 in more ways than one. 



At all events, the eastern coast of Africa, for a very 

 long distance, including Cape Guardafui, is navigated 



HOTEL AT BOMBASA AND BAOBAB-TREE 



This tree is very numerous along the coast, and it is a great hollow shell, 

 supporting itself in upright position like a tub, with occasional small roots 

 around the periphery, which supply nourishment. The foliage is slight; 

 the flowers are beautiful 



without the protection of lights and buoys so essential 

 to the preservation of life and property. Wrecks along 

 this coast are not infrequent. 



Mombasa is an island with sixty thousand popula- 

 tion, only a few hundred of which are white. The nar- 

 row arm of the sea which makes it an island only admits 

 vessels of the lighter draught in front of Mombasa, and 

 hence Kilindini, meaning "deep water," at the other end 

 of the island, three miles distant, has become the prin- 



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