CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE I. 



MOMBASA TO KIKUYU. 



Reason of expedition — Royal Society grant — At Mombasa — Imperial 

 British East African Company — Thorn-tree desert — Mkuyuni — 

 Difficulties with porters — Ukambani — Formation of forest and 

 steppes — Wakamba customs — Products — Cultivation — Harte- 

 beest — Kikuyu ......... pp. 1-22 



CHAPTEE II. 

 KIKUYU TO THE VICTOBIA. 



Donkey caravan — Masai Elmoran, camps and travelling — Future of 

 Masai and their country — A stampede of cattle — Wandarobbo — 

 The flrestick — The Mau forest — Valleys in the Nile drainage area 

 — Jackson's hartebeest ....... pp. 23-35 



CHAPTEE III. 

 THE VICTOBIA BEGION; INCLUDING UGANDA. 



The Nandi hills — Kavirondo— Native rotation of crops — Villages — 

 Samia iron mines — The area and characteristics of the Victoria 

 region — Uganda — Sinking of the Nyanza level — Consequent 

 character of valleys — Alluvium — Papyrus swamps — Ridges — 

 Fertile places — Forests — Climate — Banana — Wheat — Rice — 

 Coffee — Tobacco — Cotton — Cattle — Horses . . . pp. 36-51 



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