CHAPTER II 
RELATING TO HEALTH AND CLIMATE 
Naturally the first question asked, if not by the 
intending settler, at all events by his parents and 
relations, is, what sort of climate is he going to and 
whether his health will not be ruined while his 
purse is being filled ? The whole subject of health and 
climate is generally roughly condensed into the 
question : “ Is British East Africa a white man’s 
country ? ” And this is a question which may be met 
by an indignant affirmative or an enigmatical shake of 
the head in accordance with the various interpretations 
that may be put on it. By a white man’s country one 
man means a country in which a white man can go 
about his ordinary avocations as in England without 
danger to his health. Another man means by the 
qualification a country in which it is neither necessary 
nor advisable for a man to go “ home ” periodically for 
a change. Yet another means a country in which not 
only will children be born and do well, but in which they 
too will marry and have children who will do equally 
well and the race be carried on in perpetuo . As will 
be seen, therefore, the question in itself is one to which 
a direct affirmative or negative is impossible. 
As to how far aTman can go about his ordinary 
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