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sort as to be instantly recognised, though it was 

 too strong to be good. 



Speaking generally, the game of British East 

 Africa does not compare with the meat of our 

 American game animals; for, with the excep- 

 tion of the eland and the hippo, it is dry, though 

 tender when young, and lacks the fat necessary 

 to give it the delicious, palatable flavour pos- 

 sessed by our deer, antelope, and mountain-sheep. 



After we had skinned an animal and turned 

 the body over to them, our porters fought over 

 the division of the meat, and we soon dis- 

 covered that the only way to keep peace in 

 camp was to deal the meat out ourselves. 

 Many times I have cut off pieces of zebra meat 

 drying before their camp-fires and munched it 

 as I travelled along the trail. It made an excel- 

 lent substitute for gum, and, while sweet and 

 palatable, a small piece would last indefinitely. 

 Chew, chew, chew! It seemed as though one 

 would never be able to grind the mouthful fine 

 enough to be swallowed, and for half an hour 

 afterward my jaws ached as they did when I 

 had the mumps. 



On the way to Africa we stopped twice at the 

 Azores and several places along the Suez Canal. 



