TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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NEW AFRICA. 
In Black and White. Scattering villages of Wanytka—Generally agricultural, but some¬ 
times dangerous—Murder of Thomas London and execution of natives. 
Wakamba, Largest Tribe of East Africa. Farmers and herdsmen and only tribe to hold 
their own against the warlike Masai.:. 
The Warlike Masai. Prowess as lion hunters—Dance in honor of a young man who 
killed a lion armed only with a spear—Gamblers, like other black men. 
The Kikuyu. An unreliable tribe between Nairobi and Mount Kenia. 
Naked Tribes at the Head of Victoria Nyanza, Bronze Models of physical perfection 
—Moral and peaceable people. 
The Nandi Tribe. Stole telegraph wire for bracelets and earrings and railroad bolts 
for spear heads... 
Native Kingdom of Uganda. A well organized state under the protection of Great 
Britain—The Japanese-of Africa and their king—A land of cotton, cocoa, coffee, 
oranges, lemons, pineapples and general fertility—People eager for knowledge... 
White Belt. British, Germans, Americans and Boers—From Nairobi to Port Florence 
a region of farms and plantations—Nakiiru, thp chief Boer colony—Old-time foes 
peaceful farmers . 
Great Scenic Section of the Uganda Railway. Rises over two thousand feet the first 
twenty-four miles. 
Escarpment Station Overlooking Great Rift Valley, 1,500 Feet Below. A railroad 
pitching over a, cliff—Valley of volcanic hills and craters'—A country of escarp¬ 
ments, or abrupt land pitches—A slumbering volcano—Old rope lift for travelers 
to this weird region... 
On to Kijabe, Well Named “The Wind.” A bleak station—Ride of the Roosevelt 
party on the cow catcher from Kikuyu—Shoot Colobus monkeys near Kijabe— 
Roosevelt visits the African Inland Mission.. 
Lovely and Mysterious Lake Naivasha Beyond. Bright blossoms on its bosom—In 
its midst an almost submerged crater—The home of myriad of water fowl—Sur¬ 
rounded by big game and great herds of sheep and goats—Its islands great 
breeding grounds for herons.. 
Government Breeding Farm for Zebras Near Lake Naivasha. Efforts to solve the 
horse problem in Africa by producing a zebra hybrid. 
Nakuru and Its Charming Lake. A rich grass country surrounding a salt lake—Along 
the Mau escarpment and over twenty-seven huge viaducts built by American 
engineers—A country of Boer farmers. 
From Fort Ternan to Port Florence. Last section of Uganda Railroad through a 
swampy but fertile country. 
The Approach to Port Florence and Lake Victoria Nyanza Disappointing. Port 
Florence, a transfer station from railroad to steamer. 
Big Hunting Grounds to the North. Along the Nzoia River and around the southern 
base of Mount Elgon—A famous lion country—Riding down His Kingship—Herds 
of giraffe and Jackson’s hartbeest—Following a lion into cover. 
Across the Lake to Entebbe. British capital of the Uganda Protectorate—A carefully 
planned city—Charming location and surroundings of ‘ 1 The Chair ’ ’—Shores blaz¬ 
ing with color—Island gems in the blue lake. . . 
The deeping Sickness. Beautiful district densely populated by natives eight years ago 
now devastated—Laboratory and hospital at Entebbe—Treatment of the disease— 
Its inoculator, the tsetse fly—Its symptoms and mortality—'Koch’s investigations 
Roosevelt’s Host and Hostess at Entebbe. Judge George F. M. Ennis, head of the 
judicial system of the Uganda Protectorate, and his wife (nee Miss Ethel Kirk¬ 
land of Chicago)—Formal reception by Sir Hesketh Bell, the governor—Home 
entertaining by Mrs. Ennis, Entebbe’s only American—Roosevelt’s God-speed 
toward the Nile and civilization. * ... 
