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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 in- 

 excusable but effective action by the German. For 

 Davis found himself dumped down on the Seren- 

 getti desert and left there. 



We heard all this in excruciatingly funny Weber- 

 andfieldese, many times repeated. The German 

 literally beat his breast and cried aloud against 

 Davis. We unblushingly sacrificed a probably per- 

 fectly worthy Davis to present need, and cried out 

 against him too. 



"Am I like one dog?" demanded the German 

 fervently. 



"Certainly not!" we cried with equal fervour. 

 We both like dogs. 



Then followed wearisomely reiterated assurance 

 that we, at least, knew how a gentleman should be 

 treated, and more boasting of proud connection in 

 the past. But the end of it was a bargain of reason- 

 able dimensions for ourselves, our personal boys, 

 and our loads. Under plea of starting our safari 

 boys off we left him, and crept, with shattered nerves, 

 around the corner of the dak-bungalow. There we 

 lurked, busy at pretended affairs, until our friend 



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