-* Stalking Expeditions in the Xyika 



not add to the beautv of one's outer man to any <>"reat 



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extent ! 



It would he pleasant to have the natives imbued 

 with respect for a white ski a for itself, and not merely 

 when it is dressed up in uniform. But 1 have observed, 

 alas ! that now the: negro, if he has come a good deal 

 in contact with Europeans, has already learnt to dis- 



A C'OCK MASAI OSTRICH AND TWO HENS 



criminate in this way. This is particularly marked on 

 the coast, but even in the interior there are symptoms 

 of it. In British East Africa the Askaris have orders to 

 salute any white man who is a guest at the Fort. In 

 German East Africa, according to my experience, this 

 would be out of the question. 



My spectacles, framed in the best gold, were certainly 

 a source of inconvenience when they became clouded 



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