FIG. Portrait of the Author _Frontispiece_ 1. Sir John Kirk 17 2. Sir John Kirk at home _to face_ 21 3. Mtépé (with mat sail) 22 4. Small mtépé and outrigger canoe 23 5. A corridor in Sir John Kirk’s house _to face_ 25 6. Arab dau 26 7. Fishing boat and outrigger canoe 26 8. A Saracenic doorway 27 9. Zanzibar Harbour from the Consulate _to face_ 29 10. A view over the house-tops 28 11. Zanzibar orchids 33 12. Kigelia Africana 34 13. A street in Zanzibar 36 14. The bay of Mbwéni _to face_ 38 15. _Colobus Kirkii_ 39 16. Mombasa _to face_ 42 17. The Shaws’ house, Kisolutini; the first mission station in East Africa 47 18. Virapan, my Tamil servant 62 19. Antelopes and ant-hills (the red hartebeest) _to face_ 65 20. Zebras 67 21. The first view of Kilima-njaro _to face_ 71 22. Sable antelope 69 23. The strange creeper 82 24. The River Habari 83 25. Trees with honey-boxes 92 26. Mandara’s left ear 107 27. View of Mandara’s village from Kitimbiriu _to face_ 119 28. Head and shoulders of our cow 121 29. A view towards Mačame 124 30. A view towards Ugweno 125 31. Mount Méru 126 32. A kite 128 33. Kibô in the early morning _to face_ 136 34. A native dam 137 35. “Kitimbiriu” (our first settlement on Kilima-njaro) 138 36. A corner of our settlement _to face_ 143 37. Clematis and hibiscus 147 38. A ravine in Moši 150 39. Kilima-njaro seen from above Moši (“palms and