The Kilima-Njaro Expedition

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Author

Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927

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.

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

Scientific expeditions -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro, Mount

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78816

Release Date

June 5, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.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.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.NOTE TO THE READER.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. SIR JOHN KIRK AT HOME.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE START—MOMBASA TO TAITA.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. TAITA TO KILIMA-NJARO.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. ARRIVAL AT MANDARA’S COURT.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. MY FIRST SETTLEMENT ON KILIMA-NJARO.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. “HALCYON DAYS.”
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. “TROUBLOUS TIMES.”
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. AN ANXIOUS PERIOD.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. A TRIP TO TAVEITA.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. A FIRST ASCENT.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. A MOVE TO MARAṄU. [24]
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. A SECOND ASCENT.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. THROUGH THE FORESTS OF KIMAWENZI AND THE COUNTRY OF ROMBO.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. LAKE ǰIPÉ AND THE ROAD TO GONǰA.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. GONǰA TO LONDON.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. CLIMATE, GEOLOGY, BOTANY, ETC.
22. 22.APPENDIX. ENUMERATION OF THE PLANTS COLLECTED BY MR. H. H. JOHNSTON ON THE KILIMA-NJARO EXPEDITION, 1884.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. ZOOLOGY.
24. 24.APPENDICES. [39] — 1. Note on a Nematoid Worm ( Gordius verrucosus ) Obtained by MR. H. H. Johnston on Kilima-njaro. By F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A., F.Z.S. — 2. Description of a new Variety of River-Crab of the Genus Thelphusa , From Kilima-njaro. by E. J. Miers , F.L.S., F.Z.S. — 3. A List of the Lepidoptera collected by Mr. H. H. Johnston during his recent Expedition To Kilima-njaro. By F. D. Godman, F.R.S. , &c. — Rhopalocera. — Heterocera. — 4. On the Insects collected on Kilima-njaro by Mr. H. H. Johnston. By Chas. O. Waterhouse. — COLEOPTERA. [40] — Carabidæ . — Scarabæidæ. — Trichiidæ. — Buprestidæ. — Moluridæ. — HYMENOPTERA, ORTHOPTERA, &c. — LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED OR OBSERVED ON KILIMA-NJARO AND ITS VICINITY. [41] — LIST OF MAMMALS OBTAINED AND OBSERVED ON MOUNT KILIMA-NJARO AND ITS VICINITY.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. ANTHROPOLOGY.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. THE LANGUAGES OF THE KILIMA-NJARO DISTRICT. — A TABLE OF SUBSTANTIVAL PREFIXES IN KI-ČAGA, KI-GWENO, AND KI-TAVEITA. — EXAMPLES OF THE ABOVE PREFIXES APPLIED TO NOUNS. — THE CONCORD IN KI-ČAGA AND KI-GWENO. — THE CONCORD IN KI-TAVEITA.
27. 27.APPENDIX I. MASAI—COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY. — Nouns.
28. 28.APPENDIX II. VOCABULARIES OF KI-ČAGA, KI-GWENO, AND KI-TAVEITA. — Some Tenses of the Verb in Ki-čaga and Ki-taveita.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXI. THE COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS OF E. EQUATORIAL AFRICA.
30. 30.INDEX.

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