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on the ground contrast with the lowing of the frightened 

 cattle and the crackling of the volleys. The camp-fires, 

 which even at the beginning of the attack were burning 

 very low (we were short of fuel), had now completely gone 

 out. Then we all heard again plainly, not far from the 

 camp, a clatter like the knocking of spears against stones. 



MY COOK AT HIS AVOCATIONS 



Instantly some shots were fired in that direction. And 

 so the night went by. 



This much is certain : it was entirely to the very 

 quick and successful alarm that we owed our safety. 

 During the writing of these lines, almost exactly a year 

 after that incident, there comes grave news from the 

 Masai countries ; much trouble is brewing in the different 

 regions under the Ol Morani, and even in British East 

 Africa several additional Indian regiments have been 



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