JOSIAH 



It did not, however, take The Men of the Trees very 

 long to learn what was really meant by a good deed. 

 One of them very soon distinguished himself by his brav- 

 ery during a fire, though he was a raw Shenzi, or bush- 

 man, on his first visit to Nairobi. This young lad, proudly 

 wearing the new uniform of the "Watu wa Miti," was in 

 the fore, rushing up cans of water when and where they 

 were most needed, and by his courage and example to 

 others prevented what might have been a very serious 

 disaster. The news of his bravery was blazoned through- 

 out the countryside as an example of what was meant by 

 a good deed, and ever since then many daring deeds have 

 been done in the endeavour to emulate this lad's action. 

 But perhaps more important still The Men of the Trees 

 are learning to perform little acts of kindness and to cul- 

 tivate the elementary principles of chivalry in the true 

 spirit of the movement. 



But away on that hill of Muguga those young war- 

 riors stuck to their task of tree-planting. Some fetched 

 water and sprinkled the newly planted seedlings; others 

 erected shades to protect them from the sun; and in 

 this first nursery they raised over eighty thousand young 

 trees. 



The time came for me to depart on leave of absence. 

 I spent the next three months carrying out further re- 

 search in the Cedar forests of the Mau Escarpment, en- 

 deavouring to find fresh supplies, while at the same time 

 studying more closely the natural methods of perpetuat- 

 ing these valuable forests. At the end of this time I re- 



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