Lake Victoria to Khartoum 



history book and learn ; the result will be that 

 the dangers and difficulties of the old days will 

 be brought before you in all their intensity. 

 Moreover, your studies will be not a little 

 assisted by the efforts of the local savage, who, 

 on finding that the white man does know some- 

 thing about him, begins to expand and to become 

 quite confidential, till in the end you are able, 

 with the aid of a few hints and a little judicious 

 pumping, to extract endless stories, anecdotes, 

 and folk-lore out of him. All these little things 

 are bound to do good in the long run, as they 

 tend to improve the relations between the native 

 and the white man. If you can show a know- 

 ledge of local geography and mention the names 

 of some of our brave explorers who were the 

 pioneers in these out-of-the-way corners of the 

 globe, and who bore the burden and heat of 

 some long-ago day to help make and then to 

 consolidate the British Empire, the natives are 

 immensely pleased, and proceed from story to 

 story about them. 



On the White Nile in Uganda they know all 

 about Emin Pasha, Selim Bey, and the big 

 Englishman with his wife — Sir Samuel Baker — 

 as well as lots of others, and will jaw away till 

 all's blue if allowed. 



These little details are important too from 

 another point of view, as they instil the wisdom 

 of the white man into the minds of the savag:es 



