MOMBASA, FROM THE HARBOUR. 
THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO 
GELAP 2 Pk. I 
MY ARRIVAL AT TSAVO 
IT was towards noon on March 1, 1808, that | 
first found myself entering the narrow and some- 
what dangerous harbour of Mombasa, on the east 
coast of Africa. The town lies on an island of the 
Same name, separated from the mainland only by 
a very narrow channel, which forms the harbour ; 
and as our vessel steamed slowly in, close under the 
quaint old Portuguese fortress built over three 
hundred years ago, I was much struck with the 
strange beauty of the view which gradually opened 
out before me. Contrary to my anticipation, every- 
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