Learning Nuby 



however, was hardly strong enough, and so I asked 

 him for a more emphatic word, and he then gave 

 me " battal ketir " (very bad). But I urged, " When 

 I am still more annoyed, what do I say?" "Oh, 

 then you don't say anything; you merely hit the 

 man !" With true native astuteness he did not wish 

 to Sfive me a word which I mig-ht make use of to 

 himself at some future date. One can derive a lot 

 of interesting- information from these lessons. I 

 told him the other day how many poor people were 

 starving in London. "Why don't they go to their 

 friends?" he asked in great surprise. In Uganda 

 a man will always share his food with his friends, 

 but when they have become more civilized by the 

 missionaries they will be more calculating and less 

 generous. 



It is, indeed, sad to see the ravages made among 

 these natives by venereal diseases. I believe the 

 statistics work out that no less than 90 per cent, are 

 affected. 



In the afternoon I felt bored with the camp, and 

 as there was no game in the vicinity, I made up my 

 mind to cycle back to the park, where I had seen 

 the hartebeeste in the morning. I took two hunters 

 with me, and half cycling, half walking, I went back 

 about eleven miles. I was disappointed at only 

 finding cobus buck and dik-dik. I was determined 

 on taking something back after coming so far, and 

 tried a shot at one of the latter ; they are shy 

 little beasts, and looked so happy scampering about 

 the trees and bushes that it seemed almost a pity to 



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