Identifier: inwildestafricar00macq (find matches)
Title: In wildest Africa : the record of a hunting and exploration trip through Uganda, Victoria Nyanza, the Kilimanjaro region and British East Africa, with an account of an ascent of the snowfields of Mount Kibo, in East Central Africa, and a description of the various native tribes
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: MacQueen, Peter, 1865-1924
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Publisher: London : George Ball and sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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CHAPTER XII AN AMERICAN ASCENT OF KILIMANJARO )FTER a delightful week with the Germansand the colonists of Moschi we madeready for an ascent of Kilimanjaro. Weconsulted with Sultan Snlima, and he procured forus sixteen of his strongest young men to carry ourloads up the mountains. The chief guide was thefamous Souho, who five months before had guidedan expedition led by Dr. Ahlbory. They hadreached the edge of the crater of Kibo, but on theway down had lost several of their men by theterrible cold on the bare, storm-swept slopes of theupper mountain. We took an abundant supply ofchocolate, dried goats meat, and rice; also medi-cine, and four blankets each. With the good wishes of the Sultan and his peoplewe started up the mountain, July 6th, 1908. Wehad thirteen carriers and two tent men, all Wa-chagas, and our big headman, Mohamet, who wasa Swahili from Zanzibar. At first we were amid teeming tropic gardens onthe hillside. The goats and flocks were feeding 194 y
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Ascent of Kilimanjaro 195 around the huts, and the boys whistled and the birdssung in the soft air. The good fellows who carried our burdens hadforty pounds each and we let them rest wheneverthey wished. Very beautiful birds were found aswe came toward the higher slopes, resembling hum-ming birds and sun birds. These little creaturesmay be noticed hovering around the long tubularflowers of certain labiate plants, and on theirfeathers pollen is conveyed long distances. Naturethus uses them as she does certain insects for pur-poses of fertilization. The spoor of eland, elephant and leopard werefound, but none of lions. At an elevation of betweensix thousand and seven thousand feet, long droopingcreepers, lianas and moss hung from the trees.Great tree ferns were seen in graceful fronds alongthe valley. A brook followed our path most of theway. It was an artificial canal cut by the nativesfrom the glaciers to their gardens. Rain came weep-ing from the clouds at two oclock and we encampeda

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