INTRODUCTION. 



THEN AND 

 NOW 



EAST AFRICA S 

 ATTRACTIONS. 



TRANSFORM- 

 ATION 



THE HOME 

 OF THE 

 NATURE 

 LOVER 



A decade ago British East Africa and Uganda were 

 '^ known only as immense fields for exploration, 

 sport and missionary enterprise. Today, while still 

 offering unlimited scope for the sportsman and the 

 missionary, British East Africa stands out pre- 

 eminently as a field for European colonisation. 



Possessed of immense agricultural resources, soil 

 of unsurpassed fertility, abundant w?ter, regular rain- 

 fall, magnificent grazing, and an equable climate, it 

 makes strong appeal to the enterprising Britisher 

 seeking a new home. 



Where once were teeming herds of game and idle 

 natives, are now smiling homesteads with flourishing 

 areas of coffee, flax, wheat and maize; herds of pure- 

 bred cattle and flocks of merino sheep. The erstwhile 

 savage, stimulated by precept and example, has re- 

 nounced the spear and shield in favour of the mattock 

 and plough, and works in peace and contentment upon 

 his own plantation or under European supervision in 

 garnering the rich harvests of the soil. 



A land of perpetual spring — of cool nights and 

 bracing mornings, warm days and mild evenings— the 

 East African Highlands boast of a climate which 

 may be equalled, but cannot be surpassed. Their 

 wealth of magnificent scenery — vast forests, smiling 

 valleys and rolling plains — has attracted the nature 

 lover in thousands, and with the unrivalled opportu- 

 nities for sport, adds to the attractions of the settler's 

 life. 



BAST AFRICA'S The accompanying map indicates the position 



STRATEGIC of the Protectorate, and students of the Empire's 



POSITION future are invited to note the strategical posi- 



tion. On the East a deep water harbour large 

 enough to cope with the future shipping of a vast 

 hinterland, connected by rail with the vast inland 

 sea on the West — the Victoria Nyanza. The latter 

 is roughly 250 miles across, linking not only the Cape 

 to Cairo route, but forming the natural "Clapham 



