MY ARRIVAL AT TSAVO 



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the past well deserved its native name of Kisiwa 

 M'vita, or "Isle of War"; but under the settled 

 rule now obtaining, it is rapidly becoming a thriving 

 and prosperous town, and as the port of entry for 

 Uganda, it does a large forwarding trade with the 



"THE PLACE OF DEEP WATERS." 



interior and has several excellent stores where 

 almost anything, from a needle to an anchor, may 

 readily be obtained. 



Kilindini is, as I have said, on the opposite side 

 of the island, and as its name " the place of deep 

 waters" implies, has a much finer harbour than 

 that possessed by Mombasa. The channel between 



