CHAPTER II. 

 ZANZIBAR AND MOMBASA. 



THE traveller to Uganda has to reach iirst of all Mom- 

 basa ; and to do this, he mav go either by French 

 steamer and change at Zanzibar, or by English steamer 

 and change at Aden. By the former he misses seeing 

 Aden, and by the latter seeing Zanzibar. There are no mails at 

 present running direct from England to Mombasa.^ 



Those who prefer to embark in London, who object to 

 second-class passengers sharing the steamer's deck with the first- 

 class, who dislike French cookery, and who are absolutely 

 ignorant of the French language, should not go by the French 

 steamer. Those, however, who wish to save themselves the long 

 sea-voyage through the Bay of Biscay and round by Gibraltar, 

 who prefer the passage-money to include a certain free-allow- 

 ance of wine and beer on board, and who have to cut down 

 their expenses, may prefer the French line. 



If the traveller selects the English line, and money is no con- 

 sideration, he may save himself the Bay of Biscay by going over- 

 land and catching up his steamer at Brindisi. If the traveller 

 chooses the French route, he has to embark at Marseilles - on 

 one of the Messageries Maritimes Company's steamers bound 

 for Zanzibar. 



From London to Marseilles takes twenty-four hours. Those 

 who prefer crossing the Channel during the day should leave 

 London via Dover and Calais in the morning. Those who do 

 not mind crossing the Channel at night, and would like to see 

 something of the scenery of France as they travel along, should 

 leave London in the evening. 



In travelling through France, the passenger should bear in 



^ Steamers of the German " Ost-Afrika- Linie" run direct from Hamburg to 

 Mombasa, touching at Naples. 



- P. and O. steamers no-.u call also at Marseilles. 



