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with broken stone is kept in repair by na- 

 tive labour under Indian overseers, usually 

 Goanese. 



The "division superintendents," as they are 

 called in America, are known in Africa as "per- 

 manent-ways inspectors." They are usually 

 Englishmen or Scotchmen. It is the duty of 

 these men to ride over the fifty miles or more 

 of railroad assigned to them and see that it is 

 kept in good repair. 



On his trips the inspector uses a hand-car, 

 not the clumsy kind propelled with pump- 

 handles, that is common here, but a light car 

 equipped with a long seat that runs from side 

 to side through its centre. On this seat the 

 inspector sits while two barefoot negroes run 

 on the rails behind and push. A third man 

 rides as passenger until it is time for him to 

 relieve one of the other two. 



On two occasions the inspector at Naivasha 

 let me accompany him on his trips. We would 

 be rolling along through a cut, and suddenly 

 glide out on the veldt into the very midst of 

 a herd of zebras, hartebeests, or Thomson's 

 gazelles. The surprised creatures would bound 

 away in all directions or race along parallel 



