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have offered him the whisky sooner I didn't 

 know (or care), so I swallowed it myself, and 

 turned in on great boughs, which the ' boy ' had 

 found less trouble to provide than the proper 

 ' brush,' and which very soon found out every 

 soft spot on my hide, and made to themselves 

 others where none previously existed. 



I soon discovered next morning why Tintin- 

 amous Whisht was a ' bad Indian.' All night 

 long Tommy had been chopping logs and making 

 up the fire ; when I woke he was cooking, and 

 was wanted to find the horses, whilst the ' boy ' 

 and his father did the ' superintending ' part of 

 the game. This, I suppose, is the natural in- 

 stinct of the white, to make his darker brother 

 do the work ; but a little animated conversation 

 between S. and myself set matters straight and 

 put Toma in good temper again. If you would 

 have success in your shooting and no squabbles 

 in camp, make this a rule of the chase : keep your 

 hunter for hunting only, and let your other men 

 fully understand that he is not the ' odd man ' to 

 do everyone's bidding. A first-rate man, if he is 

 benighted with you, will work for your comfort 

 like a slave, but considers all work except hunt- 

 ing beneath his dignity on ordinary occasions. 



Yours, 



C. P. W. 



