CHAPTER II 



RELATING TO HEALTH AND CLIMATE 



Naturally the first question asked, if not by the 

 intending settler, at all events by his parents and 

 relations, is, what sort of climate is he going to and 

 whether his health will not be ruined while his 

 purse is being filled ? The whole subject of health and 

 climate is generally roughly condensed . into the 

 question : " Is British East Africa a white man's 

 country ? " And this is a question which may be met 

 by an indignant affirmative or an enigmatical shake of 

 the head in accordance with the various interpretations 

 that may be put on it. By a white man's country one 

 man means a country in which a white man can go 

 about his ordinary avocations as in England without 

 danger to his health. Another man means by the 

 qualification a country in which it is neither necessary 

 nor advisable for a man to go " home " periodically for 

 a change. Yet another means a country in which not 

 only will children be born and do well, but in which they 

 too will marry and have children who will do equally 

 well and the race be carried on in perpetuo. As will 

 be seen, therefore, the question in itself is one to which 

 a direct affirmative or negative is impossible. 



As to how far a T man can go about his ordinary 



