lib., some idea may be gained of the Mau range of mountains.
I wish I could think living there on the equator would be as healthy as at the places mentioned ; but I believe it will be found far otherwise. Central Africa is not well suited to Europeans, unless they can have constant trips home.
As we rumble over very frail-looking iron bridges, one can readily see what a wonderful piece of engineering the railway has been, and how great were the difficulties to be overcome.
The latter part of the journey we travelled but slowly. Mau summit, the highest point on the line, we reached at 11 on Monday morning. This is 8,320 feet, and 496 miles on our way. We took till 9.30 on Tuesday morning to make the remainder of the 584 miles to Port Florence (Kisumu, or Ugowe Bay, as the place is often called). On Sunday and Monday nights we could not
