GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



Exactly in the opposite direction, and from the 

 back of our bungalow 119 miles away, rises the 

 well-known and much talked-of mountain of Kili- 

 manjaro, the height of which is 19,200 feet or a 

 little more. It is unfortunately claimed by the 

 Germans ; when the boundary between the English 

 protectorate and German territory was fixed, the, 

 until then, absolutely straight line curved north- 

 east round Kilimanjaro, and then straight again to 

 the coast, leaving the mountains on the German 

 side. 



The view we had of this mountain had none of 

 the rugged beauty of Kenia ; it rose like a birthday 

 cake on the horizon when visible, a flat white top 

 and rounded edges, with lower peaks rising beside 

 it. 



One felt a certain satisfaction in being in the 

 tropics and yet gazing at its cold and snowy top shin- 

 ing in the sun, besides seeing the mountain itself, 

 which is a sight more or less rare. On clear even- 

 ings it is to be seen, but the unknowing eye would 

 not distinguish it from the white clouds around it. 

 Unlike Kenia this mountain has been ascended to 

 the very summit ; it was actually seen by a ship on 

 the sea in May, 1893, and for years sailors have 

 been in the habit of looking out for it, but it is 

 nearly always covered in mist. Donyo Sabuk, 

 ten miles off, and Kinangop, directly in front of us, 

 were also visible from our verandah. For the latter 



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