. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . [/•ipiitis/iicic TRAVELS IN THE COASTLANDS OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA AND THE ISLANDS ZANZIBAR AND PEMBA THEIR AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES ANDGENERAL CHARACTERISTICS WILLIAM WALTER AUGUSTINE FITZGERALD KKLLOW ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, FELLOW ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE [VITH MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND APPENDICES LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ltd. 1898 Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,London & Bungay. DT42 F57-t To SIR JOHN KIRK, , GOLD MEDALLIST OF THE ROYAL G
. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . [/•ipiitis/iicic TRAVELS IN THE COASTLANDS OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA AND THE ISLANDS ZANZIBAR AND PEMBA THEIR AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES ANDGENERAL CHARACTERISTICS WILLIAM WALTER AUGUSTINE FITZGERALD KKLLOW ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, FELLOW ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE [VITH MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND APPENDICES LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ltd. 1898 Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,London & Bungay. DT42 F57-t To SIR JOHN KIRK, , GOLD MEDALLIST OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETV, 1882, LATE H. M. CONSUL-GENERAL AT ZANZIBAR, BRITISH ILENirOTENTIARV, INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY CONFERENCE, 1889, MEMBER OF THE UGANDA RAILWAY COMMITTEE, WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH TO DEVELOP THE COMMERCIAL RESOURCES OF RRITISH EAST AFRICA BY THE DISCOVERY OF MANY USEFUL PLANTS AND PRODUCTS, A\D WHOSE WRITINGS HAVE SUPPLIED MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR THIS WORK., WHICH OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO HIS ENCOURAGEMENT, The following pages are, with very sincere regard, Inscribed. 1364379 J. Choprnxm, HJS«ra4jstttJL ^Jtanaan^J^C PREFACE The following pages record the result of my twoyears explorations of the British East African coast-lands, while specially employed to report on theiragricultural capabilities by the Directors of the lateImperial British East Africa Company. Since my return in 1893, I have strongly desiredto bring into public notice the great capabilities ofthis still comparatively unknown portion of our EastAfrican Empire. In the anxious search for new markets, caused bythe Trade rivalry of the present day, the fact is notsufficiently realized that, along the 400 miles of sea-board within our sphere, there exists a wonderfullyfertile country only awaiting the advent of Englishenergy, capital, and enterprise for its development, andthe exploitation of such products as Rubber, Cotton,Ivory, Copal, Jute, Fibres, Hides, Cereals, Oil-seeds,Copra, e
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