GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



blouse is very comforting ; the only drawback is 

 that by twelve o'clock, if one is warmly clad, one is 

 then too hot. It is always wise to have a wrap 

 for the evening, as after sunset, however hot the 

 day, it becomes chilly and damp, and then one is 

 liable to take a chill, that forerunner of so many ills 

 and even deaths. There was a golf course on the 

 parade ground, but it was never used in our time ; 

 polo they also tried, which must have been amusing 

 owing to the scratch mounts and inexperienced 

 players. All these games will be improved gradu- 

 ally. Tennis and badminton at the club were often 

 spoilt by the gales of wind which blew down from 

 the hills in the hot weather, though the courts are 

 very good. 



It seemed to me that society was kind and 

 peaceful in Nairobi ; of course there are always 

 some disagreeable people everywhere, who cause 

 trouble and upset the rest, and Nairobi was no ex- 

 ception to the rule ; but putting that small minority 

 aside, every one appeared very friendly, and kinder 

 people I have never met. They all seemed so anxious 

 to help each other out of difficulties, and whatever 

 the circumstances, there always seemed some one 

 at hand to assist. The women appeared to me 

 kinder-hearted, larger-minded and less spiteful than 

 in other Colonial places, and the men too, for as 

 a rule men do not show off to advantage in a 

 tropical British possession. Environment has a 



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