-* Hostile Forces 



<rs a private individual in East Africa luith an armed 

 force and yet get on cxcelUntly with the natives. 



I have not had any kind of direct personal trouble 

 with them, and I always punished looting- on the part of 



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my men so severely that they soon ceased to have any 

 desire to transgress in this way. 



Nevertheless I have been twice attacked at night by 

 Masai, who were after my cattle ! 



Before I give a description of this incident, I should 

 like to say that private travellers and their caravans, 

 are naturally, in view of such events, placed in a far 

 more dangerous position than the commanders of colonial 

 police, for these are of course always equipped for war- 

 fare. Private travellers may easily find themselves in 

 danger, since the attacks of the natives always take 



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