With Flashli-ht :iik1 Rifle ^ 



the neighbourhood of Ccipe Town. To the former ueahh of 

 elephants in East Africci the accounts of the bbicks testify. 

 It is l)ut a short while since these blacks travelled in 

 caravans, consisting of hundreds of men, laden with quan- 

 tities of exchanoe o-oods to barter for ivorv. In (lerman 

 East Africa these caravans started from Pangani, the 

 emporiuni of the slave traffic, to travel to Masailand by 

 way of Arusha Chini and Arusha ju. Eor a year or more 

 they journeyed through the country between the coast and 

 Lake X'ictoria, exchanging" their wares for ivory, which 

 they derived chietly from the Wandorobo, an offshoot of 

 the Masai. Later, however, having their attention drawn 

 to the value- of ivory, the ]\Iasai-El Moran themselves 

 went in for elephant-hunting, and sold the co\eted article 

 to coast caravans. The coast-people passed their nights 

 in camps surrounded by thorn-hedges, by which they 

 protected themselves against the attacks ot the Masai 

 warriors, who often sought to plunder them. Great 

 bartering and haggling went on by day. Patience was 

 needed for this kind ol trading, for it oftc^n took days 

 and even weeks to buy a lew tusks. At last the 

 caravan would be laden with ivory, and would return to 

 the coast to deliver up hundi'eds of tusks. Man\' pre- 

 cautions had to be taken. Oscar Paumann informs us 

 that no caravan dared take a tusk oxer a bcuilield, lor 

 that would be unlucky. Many ol those who wciu with 

 the caravan succumbetl to the latigues ol the journey, 

 or lost their li\-es in lighting against the Masai. PA'ery 

 man was armed with a muz/le-loader. These cara\-ans 

 were organised l)y Arabs or Indians on the coast, who 



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