GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



thing like my husband's uniform. To get to the 

 bath-rooms of the hotel most of the bedrooms had 

 to be passed. One morning between five and six 

 o'clock I ran along to see if Baruku was bringing 

 my husband's tea before he went on parade, and on 

 returning I hurriedly entered the room I thought I 

 had left, the door being partly open, but to my sur- 

 prise, instead of finding my husband dressing, a 

 form lay in the bed. All the rooms are furnished the 

 same and with as little furniture as possible, but it 

 dawned on me I had made a mistake, so I hurriedly 

 withdrew, and to this day hope and believe the 

 form was asleep and knew nothing of my entrance. 



Nairobi had sprung up during the previous four 

 years, and when driving to a picnic the day of our 

 arrival, we passed down a lane leading to Kikuyu, 

 which two or three years before had been con- 

 sidered very dangerous. There we saw a lot of 

 natives ; women jingling with brass, copper and 

 beads, hung on to the back of our carriage laugh- 

 ingly, and were encouraged to depart by the ad- 

 ministration of the syce's whip. 



Every day from the first onwards I had callers, 

 and we were also asked out ; everybody seemed 

 most kind. I shall always remember how the kind- 

 ness of the ladies in Mombasa and Nairobi made 

 me feel happier and more at home in a foreign 

 land. One night, or rather early morning, I awoke 

 with a start and thought it time for my husband to 



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