Life, wanderings, and labours in Eastern Africa : the first successful ascent of the equatorial snow mountain, Kilima Njaro, and remarks upon East African slavery / Charles New
xii, 525 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, East
Kilimanjaro, Mount (Tanzania)
Date:
2015
1873
Notes:
Facsimile reprint; originally published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, England, in 1873.
Portrait of author engraved by T.W. Hunt. Other illustrations have note: "Vincent Brooks Day & Son, lith."
"HB451710116."
AFA copy 39088018049056 Gift from Janet Stanley.
Contents:
Introduction -- Zanzibar -- Suahili-land and the Wasuahili -- Unika -- Wanika -- Life at Ribe -- Journey to the Galla Country: preparatory -- Bararetta -- Weichu -- On the Tana -- We go to Ganda -- Geography and ethnology -- The journey to Kilima Njaro: the start -- Through the wilderness -- Life at Kisigau -- The Taita Plains and Lake Jipe -- Taveta -- To Moche -- Chaga -- Ascent of Kilima Njaro -- Kilima Njaro: second attempt -- Eastern Chaga and the Lake Chala -- Geography and ethnology again -- Bura, Ndara, and the journey's end -- East African slavery -- Conclusion. The Livingstone expedition. Home -- Appendix I: List of plants collected on the alpine region of Kilima Njaro -- Appendix II: A table showing the variations in the dialects and languages spoken by some of the peoples inhabiting the regions laid down upon the map -- Appendix III: Thermometrical notes showing the variations of temperature from the sea-board up to the line of perpetual snow
