450 Wanderings in Eastern Africa. 
mistakable. North and south the sides fall so as to 
form sharp angles with the top, very different from 
the smoothly-rounded curve of east and west, as seen 
from the south. Kimawenzi, the crag, springs from 
the east in one long, steep, unbroken line, and pre- 
sents the same dark and frowning aspect as we have 
described it to be elsewhere. The saddle between 
the two summits was no longer visible, but Kima- 
wenzi shot down across Kibo in a sharp descending 
line till it was lost in the clouds. 
Approaching Taveta, we were surprised to hear a 
great deal of gun-firing going on, but entering the 
place we met with a caravan of Wasuahili from the 
Masai country, who had arrived simultaneously with 
ourselves. They turned out to be acquaintances, and 
I received from them a very hearty greeting. 
We pitched our tent in the old spot, the people of 
Taveta welcoming me as if they had known me for 
years. " Our Mzungu ! our Mzungu ! " they shouted, 
and again collected in crowds to gape and stare. I 
was still regarded as a great wonder, and they lionized 
me as much as ever. 
