APPENDIX 



Translate into Swahili: 



P. I. God will accept our prayer (sala) ; He will forgive and 

 forget. 2. Do not annoy the animals, they will run away ! 3. I 

 will consider what you say. 4. Wait (plur.) here two hours, until 

 the other porters arrive! 5. Do not remain here, because the water 

 is very bad. 6. Turn the rhino over now, we must skin it at once. 

 7. Sir, the men refuse to carry their loads up this hill, what shall 

 I do? 8. Tell them that if they do their work well, I shall give 

 them presents when we arrive in camp. 9. But if they will not 

 obey, tell the soldiers to bind them, and I will send them to the 

 government fort. 10. That will be enough, Sir, now they obey at 

 once. II. What flies there, Mabruki? 12. Very large birds 

 (ndege), and they are fighting each other. 13. Shall I shoot them 

 for the cook? 14. Are there any lions here, guide? No, Sir, but 

 there are elephants yonder, near the big mountain. 15. Good 

 morning, Ali, how are you? 16. I am very well, Sir, and you? 

 17. Aly faithful cook is safe in camp to-day, the lion did not kill 

 him. 18. This food is not cheap, it is very expensive, I don't want 

 it. 19. To shoot here is forbidden. 20. Tell the soldier to take 

 hold of the beast. 21. Shall he kill it for food? Yes, and give it 

 to the cook. 22. I want the whole caravan to go to the railroad 

 to bring the skins and heads there and to buy food. 23. We must 

 have sixty-five loads for the porters, and rice, sugar and milk for 

 me. 24. After ten days I will finish my trip and go to the coast, 

 but I will return here another year (mzvaka) again. 25. This trip 

 was very fine; I have shot many big animals, lions, elephants, 

 rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, monkeys, giraffes, pigs, leopards, elands, 

 hartebeests, gnus, and large birds, and all the time I was well. Now 

 good-bye, all my men, good-bye. 



Safari wa Bwana X 

 Translate into English: 



Bwana X. alitoka America, akakwenda Mombasa katika meli 

 na alifika Nairobi kwa gari. Huko akaandika safari mkubwa, 

 akakamata Ali wa mnyampara; boy wake Mohammed, mtu wa 

 mrima, gun bearer wawili, mpishi moja, askari sitta na wapagazi 

 khamsini. Bwana alitaka kwenda Laikipia, kwa sababu alitaka 

 kupiga nyama mingi na wakubwa. Akakaa siku sitta tu katika 



