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the individual who has been on safari as carrier, 

 or has otherwise been much employed around 

 white men. From this experience he has ac- 

 quired articles of apparel and points of view. He 

 is given to ragged khaki, or cast-off garments of 

 all sorts, but never to shoes. This hint of the 

 conventional only serves to accent the little self- 

 satisfied excursions he makes into barbarism. 

 The shirt is always worn outside, the ear orna- 

 ments are as varied as ever, the head is shaved 

 in strange patterns, a tiny tight tuft on the 

 crown is useful as fastening for feathers or little 

 streamers or anything else that will wave or 

 glitter. One of these individuals wore a red 

 label he had, with patience and difficulty, re- 

 moved from one of our trunks. He had pasted 

 it on his forehead ; and it read " Baggage Room. 

 Not Wanted." These people are, after all, but 

 modified shenzis. The modification is nearly 

 always in the direction of the comic. 



Now we step up to a class that would resent 

 being called shenzis as it would resent an insult. 

 This is the personal servant class. The members 

 are of all tribes, with possibly a slight preponder- 

 ance of Swahilis and Somalis. They are a very 

 clean, well-groomed, self-respecting class, with a 

 great deal of dignity, and a great deal of pride in 



