| Description | Journal of Walter Collins: 11 May 1891 - 2 October 1892 [110 pages: end missing] which chronicles the following:
Voyage out; reached Frere Town 11 Jun; Zanzibar 14 Jun - 1 Jul, march inland to Mengo 2 Jul - 31 Oct (Saadani, Makangi, Wanahediri, Mamboya, Mpwapwa, Kisokwe, Wadeti, Ilendi, Kwamagangi, Usongo, Nindo, Salawe, Msalala, Usambiro, Mwanza, Bukoba, Bali, Budu, Sesse Island, Mengo); return journey to Zanzibar 13 Apr-Sep 1892 (Bukoba, Juma, Mwanza, Bukumbi, Ulima, Salawa, Nindo, Usongo, Ikungu, Kwamakangi, Ilindi, Mranga, Mwanyugalu, Kambi, Kisokwe, Mpwapwa, Mamboya, Kideti, Ndumi, Saadani, Zanzibar); voyage from Zanzibar to Naples (S. S. 'Malda') 12 Sep - 2 Oct 1892 [stops in middle of sentence]: march up from coast with Edward Henry Hubbard and Gaskoin Richard Morden Wright, came back on his own; includes vivid descriptions of rigours of the marching;
Also includes brief comments while in Zanzibar on Universities' Mission to Central Africa mission at Kimgani; and other specific references: crossing river with a donkey, 20 Jul 1891; "Captain G. W. Stairs and his expedition came in", 26 Jul 1891; trouble between Roman Catholics and Protestants, Oct 1891-Jan 1892 including reference to R. P. Ashe, 28 Nov 1891 and battle and Sembera's death, 25 Jan 1892; references to Captain Williams, Captain Lugard, Sir Gerald Portal (6 Sep 1892) and C. Stokes (Jun 1891) |