GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



small children are chiefly clothed in modesty and 

 smiles, and perhaps a girdle of beads if a girl. 



One day I was much annoyed by seeing a wo- 

 man coming downstairs from my roof kitchen in 

 Zanzibar, evidently expecting an addition to her 

 household in the near future, and carrying a still 

 wee baby on her back, and a plate with a huge fish 

 on it on her head. I asked who she was, and my 

 husband's orderly said, his wife. I furiously rated 

 him ; but how could I continue to be very angry with 

 him, when to everything I said he respectfully an- 

 swered, whilst standing at attention, " Yes, Bibi "; 

 *'yes, Bibi," in his own language ! The next thing 

 I saw was the orderly marching off in a lordly 

 manner swinging his cane, followed humbly at some 

 distance by his family and food. Ali proved a dis- 

 appointment after having kept him for over two 

 years ; the fascinations of Zanzibar proved too much 

 for him. Among other things, by gambling he got 

 into debt and the day after his wages were paid 

 he wanted an advance, — a rupee perhaps just before 

 pay-day being the most he ever asked for in Nairobi. 

 Then I discovered he had been taking six out of 

 every dozen bottles of whisky, not by the bottle, 

 but by the half bottle, and small quantities, to 

 sell ; he also ate up our food, bread, butter, jam, 

 or anything else, evidently having no money with 

 which to buy his own. Lastly, he took some rupees 

 of my husband, which was well proved, so I had 



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