168 WANDERINGS AND MEMORIES 



made it possible for us to enter without firing a 

 shot at a native.^ 



^ About the time that Neumann was living up amongst the 

 natives of Kenia, John Boyes went and Hved amongst the 

 Kikuyu, at that time a dangerous lot of caravan raiders 

 whom no white man dared to approach. Boyes was much 

 trusted by certain sections of the Kikuyu, and did a great deal 

 to keep them quiet, although he went there purely as a trader 

 on his own account. But when certain Kikuyu attacked 

 British outposts Boyes was held responsible, and prosecuted 

 by the East African Government — a gross outrage. After 

 being confined for some months he was acquitted. John 

 Boyes, " King of the Kikuyu," is a gallant fellow of the old 

 adventurer type, and I take my hat off to him as one who has 

 been greatly misrepresented. Now he lives quietly on his 

 farm near Nairobi, where I had the pleasure of meeting him in 

 1918. 



