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to jump at the chance of criticizing a missionary for 

 every alleged sin of either omission or commission. 

 Finally, zealous missionaries, fervent in the faith, do 

 not always find it easy to remember that savages can 

 only be raised by slow steps, that an empty adherence 

 to forms and ceremonies amounts to nothing, that 

 industrial training is an essential in any permanent 

 upward movement, and that the gradual elevation ot 

 mind and character is a prerequisite to the achievement 

 of any kind of Christianity which is worth calhng such. 

 Nevertheless, after all this has been said, it remains true 

 that the good done by missionary effort in Africa has 

 been incalculable. There are parts of the great continent, 

 and among them I include many sections of East Africa, 

 which can be made a white man's country ; and in these 

 parts every effort should be made to favour the growth 

 of a large and prosperous white population. But over 

 most of Africa the problem for the white man is to 

 govern, with wisdom and firmness, and when necessary 

 with severity, but always with a single eye to their own 

 interests and development, the black and brown races. 

 To do this needs syinpathy and devotion no less than 

 strength and wisdom, and in the task the part to be 

 played by the missionary and the part to be played by 

 the official are alike great, and the two should work 

 hand in hand. 



After returning from jMachakos, 1 spent the night at 

 Sir Alfred's, and next morning said good-bye with most 

 genuine regret to my host and his family. Then, 

 followed by my gun-bearers and sais, I rode off across 

 the Athi Plains. Through the bright white air the sun 

 beat dow^n mercilessly, and the heat haze wavered above 

 the endless flats of scorched grass. Hour after hour we 



