“ HALCYON DAYS” 
1G3 
as far as consciousness is concerned, what my diary 
has characterized as a a thoroughly happy day . 35 
So passed with little variation my first few weeks in 
Mosi; in planting, building, scheming, sketching 
landscapes, skinning birds, and drying wild flowers. 
jNo troubles as yet overcast my horizon, and if after¬ 
wards I was harassed with anxious fears, and worried 
with intolerable suspense, the memory of those darker 
days is overborne by the vivid impression I retain of 
the first and brightest period of my sojourn on Kilima¬ 
njaro. This I shall always remember as the most 
enjoyable time I ever spent in Africa. 
