Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-20

a distance OF almost six miles above
the sea. Its actual height In 10000
| feet. | have seen II from near Oar
| filing In the bright sun OF the early
morning, and can tell you Il does net
compare in beauty with this mighty
| kilimanJaro. Everest has so many
| other mountains around II that you
cannot realize its size. Kilimanjaro
stands almost alone and it's double
dome of frosted silver fairly floats In
the blue sky. Indeed, the natives liv-
ing near II believe that the top of the
mountain is made of silver. They arr
too far down to know what snow means
| and In region 30 near the equator
that all the lowlands are steaming.
THE NATIVES ABOUT KILIMAN-
JARO.
During my stay here have talked
with German travellers who have ex-
plored large parts of this mountain.
They tell me that the land is rich Mt
the foot, and that II is inhabited by n
number of tribes. each governed by an
independent sultan or chief There are
Nasal among them, who have large
fiocks of cattle and sheep, and many
other tribes who engage in farming,
having little fields of grain surround
ed by hedges. Some of these people ir-
rigate their fields, carrying the water
A little further up. Kilimanjero II
covered with dense vegetation. The
trees are full OF orchids and other air
plants. and there are lions. leopards
and all sorts of Wild beasts. There are
some elephants. and the hunting is said
to be very good Higher still the vege-
tation changes and becomes more like
that of the temperate zone. At the al
titude of Pixies Peak It ceases entirely.
and from thence on the perpetual snow
begins.
The topmost peak known as Kibo. Is
always snow covered. This was first
assembled by Hans Meyers in 1889 He
says that 1t has a crater more than
mile in circumference. and over 500 feet
deep. the walls of which are covered
with ice. The lower peak is known as
Kimawensi. 1t is Just about 1880 feet
high or about as high as Popocatapetl
in Mexico.
THE PORT OF TANGA.
1 wish ] could show you this little
African town of Tanga. II lies here on
the seacoast Just opposite the Glove
iscland of Pemba which belongs to
Great Britain. 1t is In German East
Africa. a few miles below the Umba
river. which Is part OF the boundary be-
tween this country and the British
East Africa. 1t lies at one of the
mouths of the Pageant river, which ris-
es on the slopes OF Kilimanjaro and
carries away the greater part Of its
SHOWS.
The coast here Is low and tropical,
and the vegetation is so dense that the
mountains cannot be seen Indeed.
there are no hills anywhere. and the eye
wanders over cocoanut palms loaded
with nuts and grass lands spotted here
and there with fat baobab trees. whose
slSeleton-lke branches reach out like
great white fingers clutching the air.
Tanga has a beautiful harbor. The
mouth of the river is such that 1t forms
a bay Of thousands of acres, well pro-
tected from the storms of the Indian
ocean. AT the entrance to the bay is
point on which stands a white-walled
red-roofed hospital of two stories. At
the end of the bay the buildings of the
city begin. They are composed OF Euro
pern structures and matched rooted
huts. which are the homes of the Hin
doc merchants and of the Swahili ma
tives.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT.
The town has n bona or fort. and a
large iron shed. which serves as ma
tive market. IT has a postoffice like
those of Deutschland and government
buildings OF various kinds. There is