Note 16 — Chapter VI · MY FIRST SETTLEMENT ON KILIMA-NJARO.

The height of its apex is 14,700 feet. It is occasionally, but rarely, tipped with snow. Méru lies nearly due west of Kilima-njaro, in lat. 3° 15′ S., and long. 36° 40′ E., and is visible across the plains for a distance of at least seventy miles, and is at all times a majestic object. It is said to be inhabited by a gentle race of agriculturists, akin in origin and tongue to the Wa-čaga of Kilima-njaro. At its base dwell tribes of Masai, who are great cattle-keepers, and whose herds of kine range over the vast green plains that lie between Méru and Kilima-njaro at the upper waters of the Luvu River.