-^ Hostile Forces 



(^s a private individual in East Africa zvit/i an armed 

 force and yet o-et on excellency with the natrves. 



I ha\-e not had anv kind of direct personal trouble 

 with them, and I alwaws punished looting on the part of 





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mv men so severely that they soon ceased to have any 

 desire to transgress in this way. 



Nevertheless I ha\e been twice attacked at night by 

 Masai, who were atter my cattle ! 



Before I give a description of this incident, I should 

 hke to say that private travellers and their caravans, 

 are naturally, in view of such events, placed in a tar 

 more dangerous position than the commanders ot colonial 

 police, for these are of course always equipped for war- 

 fare. Private travellers may easily find themselves in 

 danoer, since the attacks of the natives always take 



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