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CiHAPTEE II 



FKOM THE COAST TO KILIMANJARO 



Start from Mawia — The march interrupted by an attack from bees — Mutinous 

 scene at Leva — I go back to Zanzibar — Om' books and maps are stolen — 

 Kimemeta arrested for debt — March to Korogwe — The battle of Kwa Mgmxii — 

 The Count starts for Sembodja, whilst I follow the coiu-se of the Pangani — 

 Mafi — Sultan Sedenga — Fm'ther wandermgs — We meet again at Mikocheni — 

 Count Teleki's account of his adventures — We part again — Character of the 

 districts south of Pangani — I make acquaintance with an African thorn. thicket 

 — The Wapare — A ' nyika ' district described — My iirst leopard — Along the 

 base of the Pare and Same moimtains — I join Count Teleki again — His adven- 

 tures amongst the Masai — First sight of Kilimanjaro — Arrival at Taveta. 



Early in tlie morning of February 4 we were roused for tlie 

 first time by the noisy preparations of a caravan about to start. 

 We soon discovered that we had been roused too late, for the 

 greater number of the men were ah'eady some hundred paces 

 from the camp, only waiting for the tents to be struck and the 

 signal to be given to be off. They did not have to wait for us 

 long. Very soon sounded a shrill, discordant blast from the 

 harghu7n, or trumpet of Kudu antelope horn; Count Teleki 

 placed himself at the head of the force, which as it swayed 

 from side to side, with much shouting and gesticulating, looked 

 more like the coils of a long serpent than anything else. 



Our camp, but recently so full of life, was now silent and 

 deserted but for the few donkey-drivers and the half-dozen men 

 who were to bring up the rear. All the rest had pressed 

 forward, although there was work left to be done which Avould 

 take some hours. The many loads which the Count had been 



