He has recently been the governor of northern Nigeria, and before that time served in South Africa and the Soudan.

It was of him that Lord Kitchener said "the Soudan Railway would never have been built without his services." The new governor was accompanied by two staff officers, one a Scotchman and the other an Irishman, and both of them with the clean, healthy look of the young British army officer.

There would be a big reception at Mombasa, no doubt, with bands a-playing and fireworks popping, when the ship arrived with the new executive.
[Photograph: By courtesy of W.D.Boyce.

"Crossing the Line" Ceremonies] [Photograph: Mr.Stephenson, Mr.and Mrs.Akeley and Mr.McCutcheon.
Courtesy of Boyce Balloonagraph Expedition] [Drawing: _Before and After Outfitting_] There were also several officials with high-sounding titles who were going out to their stations in German East Africa.

These gentlemen were mostly accompanied by wives and babies and between them they imparted a spirited scene of domesticity to the life on shipboard.