Lumbwa

Brown o 'Lumbwa's my name, "he added by way of afterthought.

The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

Brown o 'Lumbwa's my name, "he added by way of afterthought.

The Ivory Trail Talbot Mundy 1909

On the west the cultivated districts of Sotik and Lumbwa, broken by wooded heights, fall towards

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Brown of Lumbwa sighed at recollection of his wrongs, turned over, and went to sleep again.

The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

The third is the fact that Brown of Lumbwa can talk with Kazimoto in the night through that corrugated iron partition!

The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

The approach to Lumbwa was over steep hilly grass land, between forests of cedar -- perfect country, kept clean by a wind that smelt of fern and clover.

The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

We left Brown of Lumbwa snoring a good imitation of the Battle of Waterloo on the upper berth, and filed out to the dimly-lighted platform.

The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

So when a few extry elephants get shot, I get the blame -- down at Lumbwa, where there ain't no elephants; an 'the Greeks, Goas, Arabs an' Indians get fat on the swag!

The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

Even the customary parade of the band was canceled for that occasion, and that was our only real ground for uneasiness, for it prevented our having a last talk with Brown of Lumbwa and assuring ourselves that courage would not fail him in the pinch.

The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

On our left front was all Kikuyu country, and after that Lumbwa, and native reserves, and forest, and swamp, and desert, and the German boundary.

The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920