CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



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Arrival in East Africa 17 



Friends' prognostications — Mombasa — The King's 

 African Rifles at Mazerus — Unsuitable bungalows. 



CHAPTER II 



Mombasa 22 



Early history — Its harbours — Inhabitants — Shops — 

 Natives. 



CHAPTER III 



Our "Boys" and Swahilis in General - . - - 28 



Engaging Baruku — The Swahili's descent — Their char- 

 acteristics — Wearing apparel — The changing 

 fashions — Medicine-men — Music and dancing. 



CHAPTER IV 



Journey up from Mombasa on the Uganda Railway - 3S 



Views, vegetation — How we stopped for a lion — Passing 

 through the game reserve — Nairobi — Kikuyu 

 shambas — Honey barrels. 



