ADVENTURES ALONG THE TANA 



barb" and some cornstarch, together with suitable 

 instructions for a fruit pudding. In a little while 

 the cook returned. 



"Nataka m'tunde I want fruit," said he. 



Billy pointed out, severely, that he already had 

 fruit. He went away shaking his head. Evening 

 and the pudding came. It looked good, and we con- 

 gratulated Billy on her culinary enterprise. Being 

 hungry, we took big mouthfuls. There followed 

 splutterings and investigations. The rhubarb can 

 proved to be an old one containing heavy gun 

 grease! 



When finally we parted with our faithful cook we 

 bought him a really wonderful many bladed knife 

 as a present. On seeing it he slumped to the ground 

 six feet of lofty dignity and began to weep 

 violently, rocking back and forth in an excess of 

 grief. 



"Why, what is it?" we inquired, alarmed. 



"Oh, Memsahib!" he wailed, the tears coursing 

 down his cheeks, " I wanted a watch ! " 



One morning about nine o'clock we were riding 

 along at the edge of a grass-grown savannah, with a 

 low hill to our right and another about four hundred 

 yards ahead. Suddenly two rhinoceroses came to 

 their feet some fifty yards to our left, out in the 



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