With I-lashli-ht and Rifle 



The first thing to be etone is to learn soiiietliing of the 

 raees zue have to govern. In this way alone can zue avoid 

 terrible mistakes, involving us in desperate struggles, in 

 ivhiih the lives of thousands of liuropeans and of natives 

 would he lost. But the system of ehanging about our 

 ofieials from post to post militates, and must always 

 militate, against this. Men should be left as long as 

 possible in loealities to which they have become accustomed, 

 and in which they have made their mark, quite irrespective 

 of the rank they may hold. It is impossible to introduce 

 our own habits and customs unchanged into foreign lands, 

 and force them upon the natives. JJ'e must take account 

 ol their own habits and customs before we attempt to 

 rule them. 



Only in this 7vay shall lue learn lioiv to deal wisely 

 with the natives of our African colonies and to turn them 

 to good account. Ihese regions for the most part must 

 always remain closed to I European immigration. Gradually 

 to mould the inhabitants and to develop their capacities to 

 the utmost — that is at once our only practicable policy and 

 a hioh and noble ideal. 



