CHAPTER III.
THE ISLAND OF MOMBASA, WITH THE JUNGLES OF EQUATORIAL AFRICA "ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY." A STORY OF THE WORLD'S CHAMPION MAN-EATING LIONS In this voyage of the _Woermann_ there were about twenty Englishmen and thirty Germans in the first class, not including women, and children.
There was practically no communication between the two nationalities, which seemed deeply significant in these days when there is so much talk of war between England and Germany.

Each went his way without so much as a "good morning" or a _guten abend_.

And it was not a case of unfamiliarity with the languages, either, that caused this mutual restraint, for most of the Germans speak English.

It was simply an evidence that at the present time there is decidedly bad feeling between the two races, and if it is a correct barometer of conditions in Europe, there is certain to be war one of these days.

On the _Woermann_, we only hoped that it would not break out while the weather was as hot as it was at that time.
The Germans are not addicted to deck sports while voyaging about, and it is quite unusual to find on German ships anything in the way of deck competition.