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side his nose. When we finally got him worked 

 up to the point of going to get some excessively 

 bad photographs, " I haf daken myself ! " we be- 

 gan to have hopes. So we tentatively approached 

 once more the subject of transportation. 



Then the basis of the trouble came out. One 

 Davis, M.P. from England, had also dealt with 

 our friend. Davis, as we reconstructed him, 

 was of the blunt type, with probably very little 

 feeling of democracy for those in subordinate 

 positions, and with, most certainly, a good deal of 

 insular and racial prejudice. Evidently a rather 

 vague bargain had been struck, and the motor 

 had set forth. Then ensued financial wranglings 

 and disputes as to terms. It ended by useless 

 hauteur on Davis's part, and inexcusable but 

 effective action by the German. For Davis found 

 himself dumped down on the Serengetti desert 

 and left there. 



We heard all this in excruciatingly funny 

 Weberandfieldese, many times repeated. The Ger- 

 man literally beat his breast and cried aloud 

 against Davis. We unblushingly sacrificed a prob- 

 ably perfectly worthy Davis to present need, and 

 cried out against him too. 



" Am I like one dog ? " demanded the German 

 ferventlv. 



