An edition of The Kilma-Njaro expedition
(1886)
The Kilma-Njaro expedition
a record of scientific exploration in eastern equatorial Africa and a general description of the natural history, languages, and commerce of the Kilima-Njaro district
by Harry Johnston
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Table of Contents
Introductory
Sir John Kirk at home
The start: Mombasa to Taita
Taita to Kilima-Njaro
Arrival at Mandara's court
My first settlement on Kilima-Njaro
"Halcyon days"
Troublous times
An anxious period
A trip to Taveita
A first ascent
A move to Maraṅu
A second ascent
Through the forests of Kimawenzi and the country of Rombo
Lake J̌ipé and the road to Gonǰa
Gonǰa to London
Climate, geology, botany, &c.
[Appendix to chapter XVII: Enumeration of the plants collected by Mr. H.H. Johnston on the Kilima-Njaro expedition, 1884 / by Professor Oliver, F.R.S., and Mr. J.G. Baker]
Zoology
[Appendices to chapter XVIII: Note on a nematoid worm (Gordius verrucosus) obtained by Mr. H.H. Johnston on Kilima-Njaro / by F. Jeffrey Bell ; Description of a new variety of river-crab of the Genus Thelphusa, from Kilima-Njaro / by E.J. Miers ; A list of the Lepidoptera collected by Mr. H.H. Johnston during his recent expedition to Kilima-Njaro / by F.D. Godman ; On the insects collected on Kilima-Njaro by Mr. H.H. Johnston / by Chas. O. Waterhouse ; List of birds collected or observed on Kilima-Njaro and its vicinity / by Captain G.E. Shelley and Mr. H.H. Johnston ; List of mammals obtained and observed on Mount Kilima-Njaro and its vicinity / by Oldfield Thomas, with a few additional notes by the author]
Anthropology
The languages of the Kilima-Njaro district: Masai; The Bantu languages of Kilima-Njaro
The commercial prospects of eastern equatorial Africa.
Edition Notes
"With six maps and over eighty illustrations by the author."
Two of the maps signed: "H. H. Johnston del.", "Edw.d Weller" and the last one taken from the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society.
"Printed by Gilbert and Rivington, Limited"--Title page verso.
Republished in 1968 by Gregg International Publishers limited.
Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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