CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I In the Beginning — A Preamble . . .13 



II North-Western Rhodesia . . . .17 



The Stage of Nature 



III Mashonaland 36 



From Salisbury to the Portuguese Frontier 



IV Portuguese East Africa .... 52 



To THE City of Siestas and Beyond 



V North-Eastern Rhodesia .... 70 



In Exile 



VI North-Eastern Rhodesia (continued) . . 87 

 Equatorial Fables — The Joys of Freedom 



VII North-Eastern Rhodesia {continued) . . 100 

 In the Grip of the Wilds 



VIII Nyasaland and the Lower Zambesi . . 121 

 A Colony of Tribulations and an East Coast 

 Golgotha 



IX The East Coast 145 



A Citadel and a Beryl Islet 



X The East Coast {continued) . . . .161 

 Dar-es-Salaam and Mombasa 



XI British East Africa 174 



To the Nyika-bound North 



XII British East Africa {continued) . . .185 

 Towards the Lorxan 



XIII British East Africa {continued) . . . 207 

 On Safari to Sotik 



