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series of A ~t B C E.~ LStefanie ` ' d A 1 ..@" sas r g r. y, S'" IILCbtlleko G~ t O i .r1~4, t. F ~ UL saissisak Ii `1 :< 9 gpy .0 rout'. s r °lnenr ifB Na 1 '.. "-5 do/ an xlllaCO 7r 10 jr Ca~~ tKa la;~ r ( i.A 1 5l laki it rl '1` See also:

RAY, t.LOld/6° Ya?~ bs°~ynoa o4 e .. --- oy A'gO rasa r. 4ah ,rk~ I 1H r r - ® x "Pw n dsarinre A S 'a b a 1 C 1 oey. Liban s e t ° 6 ~ V d ®Mt.Maraablt ~ \.. N SQL \ lK. ~'~----\ e. /Mkash See also:

BIRD

Bird LAShaha /., Gx't~ T tfyiro 6 tzsamis tt4 a Lo,n a `1'S.

1 3 `Uy f 'Yi= L j .Seramba s"• W _ l~ 3 @ ,~ °r e Y9J f1 la 1 ' (~+ a bgiu Yaka Joo o ans ~~ ti C Worn. * HI f .1'\ $,c See also:

LIP (a word common in various forms, to Teutonic languages, cf Ger. Lippe, Dan. laebe; Lat. labium is cognate)

lip] hi 1 r,a~t 6r. v~ `! ~,n _ S yt ) ' Afiad % E . ator,., g, s h.rh LDmb _t'6 ~ mh+=ata Guth.. _ ;~. K'mayu t* , a-as z~ tf~ ° c A Ng a 1 a n 1 d " p •, _ rote a1 T a - ® ® .•.1, T .. Ii To, Llltt alp6rtyu. E ' aro J' K u... t•a~.a~ t it rcF Lave , atrqq~.+ 1 a Qoanns ryy,p, J G~® a t1, m P,P t ~ib~.1'% 'N ~J /.. •Mayto Curette e 3 t~ dot' nnH Y\~177~~r Eng k Si b Si' a M i\ See also:

RAT (a word common to Teut. and Rom. languages; probably first adopted in Teut.; the ultimate origin is not known; Skeat suggests the root rad-, to scratch; cf. Ger. Ratte, Dan. rotte, Fr. rat, &c.)

rat v ~E o , B I 1 oN Ns U. Vyi .' LNat o s,gR LonOid -. Ss 2. Its Mt-Kilimanf Y i +l K ZANZIBAR ~/ e *a ° 'xaanBa See also:

PROTECTORATE

PROTECTORATE ~o ,'neS e t' d i e `tli3 (Same See also:

scale) .40 Samlaf la sat a BRITISH EAST AFRICA aa SogtlStt nll ' t•QI y - ~ 4 See also:

ioo 9 \.

- See also:

Capital of Protectorate 0 9 B r,_ oa' - -. - ,'• Capitals of Provinces-- 1 i -- See also:

RAILWAYS

Railways - f See also:

LONGITUDE (from Lat. longitudo, " length ")

Longitude F. g6°of See also:

GREENWICH

Greenwich B qo° rj a B. _''- steps with intervening plateaus leads to a broad See also:

ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone of high ground remarkable for the abundant traces of volcanic See also:

ACTION

action. This broad upland is furrowed by the eastern " rift-valley," formed by the subsidence of its See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor and occupied in parts by lakes without outlet. Towards the See also:

west a See also:

basin of See also:

LOWER

lower elevation is partially occupied by See also:

Victoria See also:

NYANZA (from the ancient Bantu root word anza, a river or lake)

Nyanza, drained north to the See also:

Nile, while still farther inland the ground again rises to a- second volcanic belt, culminating in the See also:

RUWENZORI

Ruwenzori range. (See ZANZIBAR, and for Uganda protectorate see UGANDA.) The See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article treats of the East Africa protectorate only. See also:

Topography.-The See also:

SOUTHERN

southern frontier, coterminous with the See also:

NORTHERN

northern frontier of German East Africa, runs north-west from the mouth of the Umba See also:

RIVER

river in 4° 4o' S. to Victoria Nyanza, which it strikes at I° S., deviating, however, so as to leave See also:

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

KILIMANJARO

Kilimanjaro wholly in German territory. The eastern boundary is the See also:

INDIAN

Indian Ocean, the coast See also:

LINE

line being about 400 m. On the north the protectorate is bounded by Abyssinia and See also:

ITALIAN

Italian See also:

SOMALILAND

Somaliland; on the west by Uganda. It has an area of about 240,000 sq. m., and- a See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population estimated at from 2,000,000 to 4,000,000, including some 25,000 See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians and 3000 Europeans. Of the Europeans many are emigrants from South Africa; they include some hundreds .of See also:

BOER

Boer families. The first of the parallel zones—the coast See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain or " Temborari is generally of insignificant width, varying from-2 to to m., except in the valleys of the See also:

main See also:

rivers.

The See also:

SHORE

shore line is broken by bays and branching creeks, often cutting off islands from the main- See also:

LAND

land. Such are Mvita or See also:

MOMBASA

Mombasa in 4°4' S., and the larger islands of Lamu, Manda and Patta (the Lamu See also:

ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago), between 2° 20' and 2°S. Farther north the coast becomes straighter, with the one indentation of See also:

PORT

Port Durnford in I ° to' S„ but skirted See also:

sea- wards by a See also:

ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row of small islands. Beyond the coast plain the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country rises in a generally well defined step or steps to an alti- tude of some 800 ft., forming the wide level plain called " Nyika (uplands), largely composed of See also:

QUARTZ

quartz. It See also:

con- tains large waterless areas, such as the Taru See also:

DESERT

desert in the Mombasa See also:

DISTRICT

district. The next See also:

STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage in the ascent is marked by an intermittent line of mountains—gneissose or schistose—running generally north-north-west, sometimes in parallel chains, and representing the See also:

PRIMITIVE

primitive See also:

AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis of the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent. Their height varies from 5000 to 8000 ft. Farther inland grassy uplands extend to the eastern edge of the rift-valley, though varied with cultivated ground and See also:

FOREST

forest, the former especially in- Kikuyu, the latter between o° and o° 4o' S. The most extensive grassy plains are those of Kapte or Kapote and Athi, between 1° and 2° S. The See also:

general See also:

ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of these uplands, the See also:

SURFACE

surface of which is largely composed of See also:

LAVA

lava, varies from 5000 to 8000 ft. This zone contains the highest elevations in British East Africa, including the volcanic See also:

PILE

pile of See also:

KENYA

Kenya (q.t.) (17,007 ft.), Sattima (13;214 ft.) 'arid Nandarua (about 12,900 ft.). The Sattima (Settima) range, or See also:

Aberdare Mountains, has a general elevation of fully 10,000 ft.

To the west the fall to the rift-valley is marked by a line of cliffs, of which the best-defined portions are the Kikuyu escarpment (8000 ft.), just south of 1 ° S., and the Laikipia escarpment, on the See also:

EQUATOR (Late Lat. aequator, from aequare, to make equal)

equator. One of the main watersheds of East Africa runs See also:

close to the eastern See also:

wall of the rift-valley, separating the basins of inland drainage from the rivers of the east coast, of which the two largest wholly within British East Africa are the See also:

SABAKI

Sabaki and See also:

TANA

Tana, both separately noticed. The Guaso Nyiro rises in the hills north-west of Kenya and flows in a north-east direction. After a course of over 350 M. the river in about 1° N., 39° 30' E. is lost in a marshy expanse known as the Lorian Swamp. The rift-valley, though with a generally level floor, is divided by transverse ridges into a - series of basins, each containing a See also:

lake without outlet. The southernmost See also:

section within British East Africa is formed by the arid Dogilani plains, drained south towards German territory. At their north end rise the See also:

EXTINCT

extinct volcanoes of Suswa (7800 ft.) and Longonot (8700), the latter on the See also:

ridge dividing off the next basin—that of Lake )'Taivasha. This is a small fresh-See also:

WATER

water lake. 6135 ft. above the sea, measuring some 13 m. each way.

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