Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III UP THE COUNTRY LEAVING MOMBASA FOR VICTORIA NYANZA—A VISIT TO MAZERAS AND RABAI Sukuni Iwa munyonge Iwavundzwa ni peho—The fire-wood of the weak is broken by the wind—Rabat Proverb Noon ! Noon ! High noon! Noon by the Kimberly clock, noon by the Yambuya clock, noon by the Athens clock; but thirteen by the Mombasa clock when the passenger train should leave the lonely island. I spent my last morning on the sunny East coast of Africa in the peaceful occupation of purchasing quick-firing rifles, three-nought-three ammunition, and white registration papers. The laws, game and other, are usually not perfect in a new country. The savage lions of this Protectorate are indirectly protected by law. While there is free trade so far as killing lions is concerned, yet a license is required to shoot the provender of the lions. However, it is a wise provision, that of restricting the sale and use of firearms. I brought with me from Bombay a bird rifle made by my friend Quackenbush, and a hammer- less revolver: to which I now added two rifles and two hunting knives. These with fewer than eight hundred rounds of fresh ammunition, I proposed should take me safely across the great continent of Africa to Banana on the Western Sea. I had said good-bye to my friends, Bishop Peel and Messrs. Burt, Bailey and McGaskill and on boarding the train to begin the great African Trans-continental journey, I entered the private saloon of Sir Charles Eliot, the best on the Uganda Railroad. His invitation I was happy to accept. As on other occasions, I found my host exceedinglycourteous and full of useful and accurate information. He pointed out the chief features of the landscape of the island, enthusiastically calling my attention to the glimpses of exquisite marine views as Port Kilindi...