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abounded. "Mti wa sandarusi" (tree of copal), would 
not mean a tree composed of copal, but a tree yielding 
copal, and so on. ''Kilima ja Mansi" then would not 
''sound as ridiculous and barbarous to an African as 
' mons-aqua' to a Roman ear." 
But Mr. Cooley grows more positive. The more 
positive he becomes, however, the greater he errs. The 
ki-" of Kilima is, as a rule, used as the diminutive, and 
Kilima " may signify a hill or rising of the ground 
of the humblest kind ; " but it is not exclusively so 
understood. Mr. Cooley will, we are sure, be convinced 
of this in a few seconds. Has Mr. Cooley wholly for- 
gotten Ki'lima Njaro ? This is beyond all compari- 
son the greatest mountain known in East Africa, 
greater even than the Kenia, and yet it is designated 
KiAimdi Njaro. Even Mr. Cooley himself admits that 
it is a ''very lofty mountain," yet he does not object to 
its being designated by the diminutive iT/'-lima. Now, 
if in one place the diminutive could be applied, why not 
in another.^ The truth is, "Kilima" is applied to all 
mountains, large and small, that stand detached and 
alone, and this in contradistinction to the term " Mlima," 
applied to mountain chains, though the latter may not 
be so high as the former. But Mr. Cooley has a further 
objection. He doubts if "Mansi, for water, be used 
on the east coast anywhere north of the Makua." We 
can assure him, however, Mansi is used by the Wa- 
kamba. In conclusion, I may say that I don't vindicate 
Dr. Krapf's etymology of Kilimansi, but I do insist 
that it is not so absurd as Mr. Cooley would make it 
appear, and that if it is t(j be overthrown it must be 
by other arguments than those used by Mr. Cooley. 
The Mto Tana is certainly the river meant by Dr. 
