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not add to the beauty ot^ one's outer man to any great 

 extent ! 



It would be pleasant to have the natives imbued 

 with respect for a white skin for itself, and not merely 

 when it is dressed up in uniform. But I have observed, 

 alas ! that now the negro, if he has come a good deal 

 in contact with Europeans, has already learnt to dis- 



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criminate in this w^ay. This is particularly marked on 

 the coast, but even in the interior there are symptoms 

 of it. In British East Africa the Askaris have orders to 

 salute any white man who is a guest at the Fort. In 

 German East Atrica, according to my experience, this, 

 would be out ot the question. 



My spectacles, framed in the best gold, were certainly 

 a source of inconvenience when they became clouded 



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