PREFACE 



On learning that we were to start for British East 

 Africa in a few weeks, naturally the first thing 

 to be done was to inquire, and read up all that one 

 could about that particular spot, the climate and 

 the life generally. All the books I managed to 

 get were very old, and the advice in them was 

 useless, for places and conditions of life change so 

 rapidly that what was wise to do a few years back 

 is no criterion as to what is necessary after the 

 country is more opened up and the conditions of 

 climate more studied. 



As for making inquiries among friends, I found 

 that practically useless ; people seemed most vague 

 about the part of the world to which we were 

 going, and what little they did know was a strange 

 confusion of ideas, some even having no ideas at all. 

 It is partly for that reason this book is written. 

 Firstly, to interest my friends ; secondly, to help 

 those people who, like myself, have to go out to 

 British East Africa or Zanzibar, either for business 



