Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics (1898) (14763090712)

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Title: Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: FitzGerald, William Walter Augustine
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Publisher: London : Chapman & Hall
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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he face ! The snake reached England safe and sound, and was sentby the Directors to the Zoological Gardens in Regents Park^where I had the pleasure of seeing it on my return home. Ambari brought me another puff-adder a few days after-wards, but one was enough, so I told him to kill it, which hedid in a curious manner. The snake was lying almost in astraight line : Ambari walked up close to its head—it nevermoving—and placed his stick gently upon its head, and thendrove it through to the ground. I observed that Ambariafter handling the snakes had a trembling fit, and, if he could,would get drunk on coco-nut toddy. A message was broughtto me one day that one of the estate women had been bittenby a poisonous snake, which had escaped. I found her ingreat pain, and vomiting, and her left leg (she had been bittenin the ankle) greatly swollen. I tied a tight ligature abovethe wound, which I lanced, bathing it freely in warm water,and gave her nearly half a bottle of raw whisk)-. After an
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TRAVELS IN EAST AFRICA !7I hour there was a decided improvement, and when I went tosee her next morning she was almost well. In September I found it necessary to go again to Jelori,this time travelling direct from Magarini by the native pathI have spoken of before, instead of going up as formerly byMelindi. My present visit had reference to a question concerning theChurch Missionary Society settlement there. Mr. Hooper hadcalled attention to the settlement of undesirable people in ^^