ABSTRACT
One marked characteristic of the Swahili language is its peculiar defining prefixes. This same feature distinguishes all the tribal dialects in Africa, south of the fifth degree of north latitude. Indeed it is one of the principal links connecting the various parts of the great Bantu race of negroes comprised within that area. The missionaries had given the authors a very glowing account of the sights that awaited them, and the authors felt in a very joyous frame of mind when they began their actual march into Usambara—away into the glorious Usambara mountains. Mr. Johnston had a tent which for size would have been suitable enough for a short excursion, but was totally destructive of comfort when one or two years had to be spent in it. It was but six feet long, five feet broad, and less than six feet to the top of the sloping roof.
