-») Hostile Forces 



of the blacks who had also managed to escape the 

 slaughter. 



In any case we needed to be very careful, as we were 

 close to the English border, and this gave the hostile 

 Masai an opportunity of getting oft^ scot-free. It was 

 perhaps too confiding in me to afford shelter in my 

 camp for weeks to an increasing number of Masai 



warriors. I had very much desired the presence of 

 some of these strange people, for purposes of study. 

 But when their numbers swelled beyond all reason, 

 I intimated to them that I would not allow more than 

 ten men, in addition to those already there, to remain 

 in my proximity. On this they suddenly dispersed in 

 every direction, and only two of the old folk came to 

 me afterwards. 



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