. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . COTTON STUKK SUKU —MAGAKIM PLANTATIONS. results were most satisfactory and encouraging. In additionto the suitability of the soil, the cultivation of cotton isadmirably adapted to the people, and the Wanika took to itmost kindly. The seed is a most useful food for cattle. ^ Extract from Report: Stock.—I am also desirous of making a commencement with a smallherd of Cattle which I would stall feed; and would suggest planting allthe mature coco-nut p
. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . COTTON STUKK SUKU —MAGAKIM PLANTATIONS. results were most satisfactory and encouraging. In additionto the suitability of the soil, the cultivation of cotton isadmirably adapted to the people, and the Wanika took to itmost kindly. The seed is a most useful food for cattle. ^ Extract from Report: Stock.—I am also desirous of making a commencement with a smallherd of Cattle which I would stall feed; and would suggest planting allthe mature coco-nut plantations with Guinea-grass. I believe with caremuch could be done to increase the number of cattle on the coast-lands,and the following extract from the Overland Ceylon Observer of May 30,1862, is most interesting as bearing on this subject— The first means of preserving a cattle stock in health is full diseases almost always originate among the weak and half-starved ; though it may reach the well-fed and healthy by contact, it is lessfatal, and spreads less rapidly among these. At one time there was. XII TRAVELS IN EAST AFRICA 213 I also wish to emphasize the great possibiHties that existfor the extended cultivation of Groiind-mits {AracJiis Jiypogced),so largely grown on the western side of the continent. This product is one for which there is always a large andsteady demand, and it yields large and immediate Southern India, it is estimated that the profits on ground-nuts approximate to 150 per cent, on the outlay, or fully fourtimes more than on rice. The soil of the coast-lands is justwhat is required for its cultivation. Much could be done in the districts under review to extendthe cultivation of Tobacco, which should become an importantindustry; but for this, not only better seed but skilled labouris required. I now come to the important matter of Coco-nut the comparative failure of this cultivation in thesouthern
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