Those consonants which differ in look from the Roman character, are— Č, pron. ch; ǰ, pron. as an English j; ṅ, pron. ng’; š, pron. sh; and others, which are of less frequent occurrence, are explained fully in Chapter XX. As frequently recurring examples of this orthography, I may instance,— “Čaga” —pronounced “Chaga;” “Moši” „ “Moshy;” and “ǰipé” „ “Jeepay.” I have only diverged from this system where the proper names from long use have accustomed us to other spelling. Thus I write “Galla,” although properly it should be “Gala,” and I have even avoided disfiguring the “j” of “Kilima-njaro” with a ^v; although I fear the result of this lenity will be that half my readers will pronounce it wrongly. To avoid this I may, perhaps, for the benefit of the timid who always shirk African names, write its exact pronunciation in our clumsy English orthography. This would be: Killy-manjāhro. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCTORY 1 CHAPTER II. SIR JOHN KIRK AT HOME 17 CHAPTER III. THE START—MOMBASA TO TAITA 40 CHAPTER IV. TAITA TO KILIMA-NJARO 64 CHAPTER V. ARRIVAL AT MANDARA’S COURT 94 CHAPTER VI. MY FIRST SETTLEMENT ON KILIMA-NJARO 114 CHAPTER VII. “HALCYON DAYS” 142 CHAPTER VIII. TROUBLOUS TIMES 164 CHAPTER IX. AN ANXIOUS PERIOD 184 CHAPTER X. A TRIP TO TAVEITA 204 CHAPTER XI. A FIRST ASCENT 229 CHAPTER XII. A MOVE TO MARAṄU 243 CHAPTER XIII. A SECOND ASCENT 259 CHAPTER XIV. THROUGH THE FORESTS OF KIMAWENZI AND THE COUNTRY OF ROMBO 281 CHAPTER XV. LAKE J̌IPÉ AND THE ROAD TO GONJ̌A 296 CHAPTER XVI. GONJ̌A TO LONDON 309