. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . - village,used for cultivation purposes, the walls of the houses beingmade of metamah-stalks only, and surrounded by a large area ofcleared land ; apart from the usual bean and other cultivation,I noticed that each house had a small plot of tobacco. 474 TRAXKLS IX EAST AFRICA 475 Leaving this, our way led for the next hour through someof the thickest bush I had yet seen, the larger trees being alsofiner and bigger. Emerging from this, the path los
. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . - village,used for cultivation purposes, the walls of the houses beingmade of metamah-stalks only, and surrounded by a large area ofcleared land ; apart from the usual bean and other cultivation,I noticed that each house had a small plot of tobacco. 474 TRAXKLS IX EAST AFRICA 475 Leaving this, our way led for the next hour through someof the thickest bush I had yet seen, the larger trees being alsofiner and bigger. Emerging from this, the path lost itself inwhat was once cultivation, but now completely covered with adense tangle of prickly scrub and creepers, through which itwas necessary to hack our way. From the middle of theseold shambas, originally cleared and cultivated by the Kiongapeople, I obtained a good view of the surrounding country byclimbing a tree ; it appeared to be thickly wooded, with a. KIUN(;A—IOKTERS WAITING FOR THE ORDER TO START. steep ridge showing up in the distance. Leaving theseshambas, we got into thick bush again, through which wecontinued to make slow progress as there was no path. About one oclock in the afternoon we suddenly emergedupon extensive metamah fields, where, on high platformsplaced here and there, slaves were already watching the grainand protecting it from birds. On inquiry, it turned out thatthese \vere the Homwe shambas, and belonged to Mohamedbin Saif Making our way through the high millet-stalks, wecamped by a swampy pool which la)- in the middle of the 476 TRAXKLS IX EAST AFRICA chap. j)lantation, and round which rice was being grown. When Iheard that Homwc was onh about two hours distant fromliere, immcdiatel} m)- tent was pitched I despatched m}-head-man Dumgu with all the porters to bring the loads from thatplace, whither IMohamed bin Saif had promised to havethem carried from the dhow. In the evening the corporal of the askaris cam
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