THE BIG GAME OF AFRICA 



natives, to live openly in the most licentious manner, so 

 much so that in some instances they have, through their 

 immoral conduct, incensed the natives to riot and murder 

 as a retaliation. That such men are the avowed enemies 

 of missionaries and everything connected with Chris- 

 tianity, no one can wonder. On the other hand, it must 

 be also acknowledged that there are a good many settlers 

 in East Africa who are of an entirely different type, and 

 whose very presence and conduct are a blessing to the land. 

 All of those that it was my privilege to meet of this latter 

 class had nothing but unstinted praise for the missionary 

 efforts, and they cheerfully acknowledged the great bene- 

 fit the country derived from their presence and labors. 



I am also happy to say that the great number of gov- 

 ernment officials with whom I came in contact seemed to 

 belong to the last-named class. They were of that high- 

 minded, hard-working and efficient kind which reflects 

 credit and honor upon the great government which em- 

 ploys them. They were greatly respected among both 

 settlers and natives, and their work highly appreciated 

 by the missionaries. These government officials, again, 

 were of one accord in commending the labor of the mis- 

 sionaries, and willingly acknowledged how great a part 

 they play in the pacification and general uplifting of the 

 country. 



Among these splendid British officials I may mention 

 H. M. Commissioner, Mr. C. Ainsworth of the Kisumu 

 Province, the most populous district of British East Africa, 

 who, with his American wife, resides at Port Florence, 

 on the shores of Victoria Nyanza, and whose guest I had 

 the pleasure of being during the first two' days of this 



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