CHAPTER III 



RACES AND CLASSES 



For a really heterogeneous population the Protector- 

 ate of British East Africa is hard to beat. 



The great diversity of climate provided by Nature 

 is responsible in the first place for this. In an area of 

 considerably less than a quarter of a million square 

 miles she can produce in one part or another a sample 

 of any kind of day or weather that you may want. 



Do you desire the temperature to be warm and 

 moist withal ? On the coast or on the shores of the 

 Great Lake we can provide you with it. If a dry 

 heat is wanted, we have the very finest samples. 

 Indeed, if you will cross the North Guaso Nyero, I 

 doubt whether our dry heat can be surpassed. 



A perfect balmy climate? Take Nairobi and 

 Kyambu. Something a little more bracing and with a 

 touch of frost ? Try Likipia or the Uasin Guishu 

 plateau. Would you have a reminder of the West 

 coast of Scotland with heavy rain, mist and lovely 

 days interspersed ? The Mau or the Nandi 

 Escarpment will give it you. A touch of the wind off 

 the North Sea in East Anglia ? The West Kenia 

 plains can do that. While for something really cold 

 and bitter you must climb up into Kenia's glaciers. 



