GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



In December we moved into our new quarters 

 in the lines. The walls were painted according to 

 the taste of the Indian decorator, and were horrible, 

 our sitting- and bed-rooms being a bright yellow 

 with a bright green dado. An officer came down 

 invalided from Nandi, and when he entered my sit- 

 ting-room he blinked a good deal in silence, and 

 finally said : " No, it is not my liver, it is the colour 

 of the walls ! " 



But it did not take me long to make the place 

 cosy and comfortable. When we were moving in 

 the boys worked well and unceasingly, and would 

 not stop till mid-day even for food ; I had to drive 

 Ali out of the bungalow for his meal. Before 

 leaving the little bungalow, our neighbours, know- 

 ing things would be upside down, sent us in a 

 magnificent lunch of lobster salad. 



There were no servants' quarters up near the 

 new bungalow, nor kitchen, so we built a grass 

 kitchen and the boys had to sleep in tents. Ba- 

 ruku was very much afraid of sleeping in a tent, 

 because of the lion already mentioned. However 

 we laughed at him and lent him a sword, and told 

 him to whistle to us when one came, so that we 

 might shoot it. As we were taking care of about 

 a dozen rifles and guns belonging to the officers, 

 including a "450, most of which we kept under the 

 bed, we hoped the lion would come, but no such 

 luck. Each night at first though I was awakened 



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