"This being great news to me, I pressed Kivoi for further information. He said, 'You will see both mountains at some d…"

"The sky being clear, I got a full sight of this snow-mountain... It appeared to be a gigantic wall, on whose summit I…"

"...he had often been at the foot of it [Mount Kenya], but had not ascended it to any great altitude on account of the…"

"As I stood entranced at this fulfillment of my dearest hopes [of seeing Mount Kenya], I drew a great sigh of satisfac…"

"As pious Moslems [sic] watch with strained eyes the appearance of the new moon or the setting of the sun, to begin th…"

"This peak [Batian and Nelion], as in the case of Kimawenzi, without a doubt represents the column of lava which close…"

"The gradient of the western slopes of Mount Kenya is very slight, whilst on the east it is so gentle as to be almost …"

"The Kenia crater must be from 10,000 to 12,000 feet in circumference, and the bottom, which is pretty uniformly cover…"

"It was eighty miles away from us, but it stood out sharp and clear on the eastern skyline. ~ John Walter Gregory"

"'That is all very well for wajuzi (lizards) and Wazungu (white men), but Zanzibari can't do that.' was his verdict. '…"