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ness, and did not allow it to interfere with his prime work 

 of being a successful farmer. He had big stock-yards 

 for his cattle and swine, and he was growing all kinds of 

 things of both the temperate and the tropic zones: wheat 

 and apples, coffee and sugar-cane. The bread we ate 

 and the coffee we drank were made from what he had 

 grown on his own farm. There were roses in the garden 

 and great bushes of heliotrope by the veranda, and the 

 drive to his place was bordered by trees from Australia 

 and beds of native flowers. 



Next day we went into Nairobi, where we spent a most 

 busy week, especially the three naturalists; for the task 

 of getting into shape for shipment and then shipping the 

 many hundreds of specimens indeed, all told there were 

 thousands of specimens was of herculean proportions. 

 Governor Jackson a devoted ornithologist and probably 

 the best living authority on East African birds, taking 

 into account the stand-points of both the closet naturalist 

 and the field naturalist spent hours with Mearns, helping 

 him to identify and arrange the species. 



Nairobi is a very attractive town, and most interesting, 

 with its large native quarter and its Indian colony. One 

 of the streets consists of little except Indian shops and 

 bazaars. Outside the business portion, the town is spread 

 over much territory, the houses standing isolated, each by 

 itself, and each usually bowered in trees, with vines shad- 

 ing the verandas, and pretty flower-gardens round about. 

 Not only do I firmly believe in the future of East Africa 

 for settlement as a white man's country, but I feel that it 

 is an ideal playground alike for sportsmen, and for travel- 

 lers who wish to live in health and comfort, and yet to sec 

 what is beautiful and unusual. 



