Author	Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927
Contributor	Weller, Edward, 1819-1884
Contributor	Baker, John Gilbert, 1834-1920
Contributor	Bell, F. J. (Francis Jeffrey), 1855-1924
Contributor	Godman, Frederick Du Cane, 1834-1919
Contributor	Miers, Edward J. (Edward John), 1851-1930
Contributor	Oliver, Daniel, 1830-1916
Contributor	Shelley, G. E. (George Ernest), 1840-1910
Contributor	Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929
Contributor	Waterhouse, Charles Owen, 1843-1917
LoC No.	06011721
Title	The Kilima-Njaro expedition : a record of scientific exploration in eastern equatorial Africa, and a general description of the natural history, languages, and commerce of the Kilima-njaro district
Original Publication	London: K. Paul, Trench, and Co., 1886.
Contents	Introductory -- Sir John Kirk at home -- The start: Mombasa to Taita -- Taita to Kilima-Njaro -- Arrival at Mandara's court -- My first settlement on Kilima-Njaro -- "Halcyon days" -- Troublous times -- An anxious period -- A trip to Taveita -- A first ascent -- A move to Maraṅu -- A second ascent -- Through the forests of Kimawenzi and the country of Rombo -- Lake Jipé and the road to Gonǰa -- Gonǰa to London -- Climate, geology, botany, &c. -- [Appendix to chapter XVII: Enumeration of the plants collected by Mr. H.H. Johnston on the Kilima-Njaro expedition, 1884 / by Professor Oliver, F.R.S., and Mr. J.G. Baker] -- Zoology -- [Appendices to chapter XVIII: Note on a nematoid worm (Gordius verrucosus) obtained by Mr. H.H. Johnston on Kilima-Njaro / by F. Jeffrey Bell; Description of a new variety of river-crab of the Genus Thelphusa, from Kilima-Njaro / by E.J. Miers; A list of the Lepidoptera collected by Mr. H.H. Johnston during his recent expedition to Kilima-Njaro / by F.D. Godman; On the insects collected on Kilima-Njaro by Mr. H.H. Johnston / by Chas. O. Waterhouse; List of birds collected or observed on Kilima-Njaro and its vicinity / by Captain G.E. Shelley and Mr. H.H. Johnston; List of mammals obtained and observed on Mount Kilima-Njaro and its vicinity / by Oldfield Thomas, with a few additional notes by the author] -- Anthropology -- The languages of the Kilima-Njaro district: Masai; The Bantu languages of Kilima-Njaro -- The commercial prospects of eastern equatorial Africa.
Credits	Richard Tonsing, Peter Becker, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language	English
LoC Class	DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
Subject	Tanzania -- Description and travel
Subject	Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927 -- Travel -- Tanzania
Subject	Natural history -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro, Mount
Subject	Kilimanjaro, Mount (Tanzania) -- Description and travel
Subject	Scientific expeditions -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro, Mount
Category	Text
eBook-No.	78816
Release Date	Jun 5, 2026
Copyright	Public domain in the USA.
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