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THE KILIMA NJARO EXPEDITION 
Bechuana-land, boldly push into the countries west and 
north of Kilima-njaro, trading, shooting, and exploring ? 
I can at least promise them far greater abundance of 
game than in the much shot oyer regions of South 
Africa, while they will never be likely to meet with 
such unhealthy districts as the Zambesi valley. u But 
the Masai? ” people timidly suggest. Well, the Masai 
are not, after all, worse than the Kaffirs, Zulus, or 
even Hottentots were to the first explorers of Southern 
Africa. They want a little managing, that is all, and 
every fresh European will—-or ought to—find his path 
smoothed by his predecessors. Besides, in some of 
the finest country there are no Masai. Along the 
direct route between the Victoria Hyanza and the 
coast only a strip of about 100 miles, viz. about a 
fourth of the distance, is ranged over by Masai and is 
annually traversed by Swahili caravans. 
The first consideration in the development of this 
country is to encourage trade and create agricul¬ 
ture. Along many of the native tracks, as they at 
present exist, there is no obstacle for stout waggons, 
at any rate, as far into the interior as the precincts of 
Meru and Kilima-njaro, that is to say, half way to the 
Victoria Kyanza. Mules in plenty may be purchased 
in Zanzibar, and will do well in the country, or asses 
might be bought from the Masai. Oxen, doubtless, 
might also be trained to draw waggons as on the 
coast. As I have before remarked, there is no tsetse fly 
in the country, so that even horse-breeding might be 
attempted in time. 1 Human labour is plentiful on the 
coast and fairly cheap. You may hire good stout 
carriers at the rate of five dollars a month, and the cost 
1 In Sanibu.ru, to tlie north of Masai-1 and, horses are abundant, 
and are often brought down to the Zanzibar coast for sale. 
