. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . the breaking of the ii: TRAVELS IN EAST AFRICA CHAP. monsoon, in March or the beginning of April. This is theproper time for all sorts of cultivation, and to be prepared forby one or two months of hard work in the fields. If theMiuaka, or Former Rains, are plentiful, great is the rejoicing!The ingathering, called Mzuaka Musha (New Year), takesplace about four months after the planting. Then, in July orearly in August, come the Lesser Rains, n
. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . the breaking of the ii: TRAVELS IN EAST AFRICA CHAP. monsoon, in March or the beginning of April. This is theproper time for all sorts of cultivation, and to be prepared forby one or two months of hard work in the fields. If theMiuaka, or Former Rains, are plentiful, great is the rejoicing!The ingathering, called Mzuaka Musha (New Year), takesplace about four months after the planting. Then, in July orearly in August, come the Lesser Rains, nmtsinuo ; a seasonof fickle showers, seldom sufficient, in Giryama at least, to. WA-GIRYAMA WOMEN. warrant an}- one planting for it. About October comes thesecond season proper for cultivating, the Vuri, Latter Rains.; The different seasons are characterized in the followingproverbs—Mzvaka ni hmaina, Viiri ni amisimo— The Mwakais ones own mother, the Vuri is the mother of ones : Vtiri ni kitinia-ngilo—The Vuri is a grasshopper ()er of hops, a species that makes long aimless leaps), onaccount of the i)artialit\- of the showers. The first month of V TRAVELS IxN: EAST AFRICA 113 the r^//;7cultivation is called Kiitsaiio,hni there are no specialnames for the other months. The seasons for cultivation arecalled viinvigfl, but the year is not divided into thirty-sixdecades, as is the Persian solar year used by the Swahilis intheir cultivation, and for purposes of reckoning, navigation, etc. A Giryama possesses only one lawful wife, though oftenconcubines ; these are also accounted wives {iiiiicJie), but a con-cubines child is considerably looke
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