The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09

cred of native uprising in a wave OF
retaliation. In British East Africa the
presence of Indian traders is a men
ace. These people do not spend their
money In the country. but send II
back home" 1t is said that an In
dian making so rupees, 60 Is. a month
Will save as much as 30 rupees of IL,
and large sum is thus annually sent
out OF the country. Or. Oswald be-
lieves European settlers might be at
tracted to the kisii highlands. 5000
feet above sea level. suitable for sheep
farming and free from sleeping sick
ness and malaria. He believes the
i higher types OF negroes might he edu-
Gated with profit to the Empire and
its colony: 1.-The discipline Of the
| native police Of East Africa has al
ready yielded striking results in civ
ilizing the negro and giving him an
active interest in the welfare of his
own country. and IL encourages
belief in his capacity FOR steady ad-
vancemcnt under British rule" DR..
Oswald kept his eyes open, and saw
much more than the geological phe-
nomena Of the land. His suggestions
are sensible and specific: as, for cx-
ample. in view of the skill with which
the lakeside Kavirondo weave fish
baskets from strips Of papyrus. the
possibility Of turning their talent to
commercial advantage in making such
articles as panama hats, baskets of all
kinds. &c.
The British scientist records his geo.
logical Investigations without ether
/ nn1 n ,ttx, ~
to a popular" audience. His dscov-
cries OF fossils do not seem to have
been AT all startling; he did excavate
the jawbone and shinbone of a dino
therium, and other relics which throw
light upon the past conditions of the
country. One Of the typical experiences
he records has to do with a visit to a
crater lake" called Simbi Trekking
across n blazing expanse of sun baked
plain he came upon a low. rounded
| hill, and was surprised to find 1t
crowned with n deep basin of green
/ water. Nearly oval in outline, the
lake Is about three-quarters OF a mile
long and half a nile wide in the mid
! Ole. The banks were bare, the water
| CLASSY still, with few ducks swim
j
/ birds feeding at the edge The cor
/ morants. pelicans and divers numer-
Gus on Victoria Nyanza do not visit
this smaller sheet OF water. for II is
exceedingly alkaline too bitterly i'm
/ p-egnated with carbonate of soda for
/ fish to live in it. There is however.
a water weed on which the ducks feed
and which gives the lake its deep
| green color The Investigator con-
I WINGED himself that the bowl is an
old Explosion crater" from which.
/ however. as the surrounding country
indicates, there has been no outflow
of lava. In the greater part of its
periphery the crater wall is formed of
thin layers of clay. and only in few
places on the southern shore does
solid rock appear, micaceous sand
stone Of fairly recent geological age.
probably late pliocenc. The confor-
nation and composition resemble that
of the water filled cratcrs of the Eifol
district In Germany.
1t is not unlikely that the EXPOS on
took place in historic times. for the
natives have legend To the effect
that the site of Lake S.mhi was once
occupied by "A hill topped by the home
stead Of "A very bad chef. His crimes
We're punished. for in a single night
the hill and the house were suddenly
destroyed and the lake appeared in
their place. As the kavirondo Of the
Nile have been settled In the district
they now occupy not more than two
hundred years, the upheaval may have
haan Of "A Na'N
renee The natives scrape the cf'ior-
essence Of soda from the rim of the
bowl and use IL with their tobacco
and as seasoning with their food
The trip by rail to the coast" brings
this interesting record to fitting
close. The road has only single tun-
mel. and that not more than 800 feet
long. as though the engineers had
gone out of their way to construct II
in order To prevent the Uganda rail-
way from laboring under the stigma Of
being line without tunnel" But in
enc stretch OF scventy-iive miles II
has thirty-four high bridges. OF Amer
lean construction, for United States
bridge builders were able to outdo
their British competitors in price and
time of delivery. Many of the en-
gines also come from Philadelphia.
though the latest Is an artculated
compound Mallet from Glasgow. Wood
.s used for fuel, but one Of these days
oil will come in
Many readers will he glad that Or
Oswald went to East Africa, for he
knows how to tell the facts without
fuss
PlRywright's Ideas.
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