Status Updates From The Lunatic Express

“In seeking to upgrade farming methods, he set a personal example by laying out a large garden near his house; here, he planted various seeds purchased in Naivasha, and enjoyed “the satisfaction of finding that almost every English vegetable would grow well” in Kikuyuland’s temperate climate and fertile soil.”

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The Lunatic Express
Charles Miller

“At Simba, it almost seemed as if the man-eaters were seeking to cut railhead off from its sources of supply, for they allowed the platelaying gangs to do their work unharmed and move on, only to begin attacking the station itself when it was turned over to the traffic department.”

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The Lunatic Express
Charles Miller

“Ordinarily, the French charges might have been disposed of with a few diplomatically phrased words of regret; perhaps they could even have been ignored. But in 1892, Anglo-French relations did not permit so easy a solution. France had long lost patience with repeated Foreign Office assurances—never acted on—that Britain would soon withdraw from Egypt.”

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The Lunatic Express
Charles Miller

“Six years earlier, during his fictional search for King Solomon’s Mines, Rider Haggard’s Allan Quatermain had met the exiled monarch of a small African kingdom and helped restore him to his throne. In the summer of 1891, as Lugard crossed the foothills of the Ruwenzori mountains and entered the kingdom of Toro, he brought Allan Quatermain’s exploit to life.”

Excerpt From
The Lunatic Express
Charles Miller

“ (Even today a small but respectable body of opinion holds that the Masai are directly descended from Mark Antony’s Lost Legion, citing not only physical similarities but Masai battle formations and the striking resemblance of the spears and simis to the weapons of the centurions.) ”

Excerpt From
The Lunatic Express
Charles Miller