PROFIT AND SPORT IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA: BEING A SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED, OF "A COLONY IN THE MAKING". By Capt. The Lord Cranworth.

(1912) 1919 2nd edition revised and enlarged. Large 8vo (147 x 230mm). Ppxvi,503. Colour frontispiece, b/w plates, tables, two fold-out maps. Top edge gilt. Gilt warrior motif and titles to green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"Being a second edition, revised and enlarged, of "A Colony in The Making." The full title of the first edition is, A Colony in The Making. Or, Sport and Profit in British East Africa. This is a detailed history and description of Kenya from the latter part of the nineteenth century to the end of the First World War. It is mainly aimed at informing would-be settlers in their decision to relocate to Kenya or not. There is one chapter on fishing. Chapters include: Introductory: History: Relating to health and climate; Races and classes; The Masai; The Kikuyu; The Indian population; The Swahili and the Somali; Settlers and officials; Hints for a woman in British East Africa (by Lady Cranworth); Agricultural prosepects; Flax; Sisal, hemp and wattle; Coffee, wheat, maize; Alternative agricultural openings; Cattle; Sheep, pigs, ostriches; Forests; Minerals; Labour; Types of settlers required; Uganda Railway; Local politics and associations; The military forces of the Protectorate; Education; Land and land settlement; Big game shooting; The game animals of the Protectorate; Animals which provide sport; Animals which provide meat or hides; Animals of the back blocks; The black list; Game reserves; Fishing; Game birds for sport and for the pot; Horse-racing, hunting, polo and other sports; British East Africa and the war. Appendices include: Average monthly rainfall, veterinary notes, railway stations, cost of living, imports and exports, population, provinces and districts, the Uganda Railway. Detailed and interesting.