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A COLONY IN THE MAKING 
CHAP. 
many summer clothes as being suitable to the Tropics, 
and too few of such things as tweed skirts, shooting 
clothes, and thick boots, as well as a good aquascutum. 
It will be borne in mind that nowadays Nairobi is no 
longer a tumble-down collection of tin shanties, where 
there are but few necessities and no comforts to be 
bought and where prices are ruinous. It is to-day an 
up-to-date and thoroughly well equipped town, where 
there are all the modern luxuries. Nairobi has electric 
light, telephones, motor garages, fairly decent hotels, 
and, more important still, most excellent stores and 
shops. There is no need, therefore, to make any 
special preparations of any sort. Possibly the prices 
will seem somewhat stiff to the newcomer, but this is 
accounted for by the 10 per cent, ad valore 7 n duty on 
imports. It must be borne in mind, too, that most of 
these clothes, hats, stores, etc., which one can obtain 
are those which experience has shown to be the best. 
Therefore, even supposing, as is doubtful, that one 
pays rather more than by importing direct, one is 
at all events certain of getting something 
suitable. 
I suggest that the following might constitute a 
useful outfit : 
Plenty of cotton and muslin frocks. 
Linen coats and skirts. 
Two khaki-coloured coats and skirts. 
A simple divided skirt for riding about the farm. 
Tussore silk shirts. 
A thin riding-habit for Nairobi. 
Plenty of brown boots and shoes. 
Tweed coats and skirts for the rainy season. 
An aquascutum. 
