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<7.v a private individual in fcast . Ifrica ivit/i an armed 

 force and yd get on excellently i^if/i the nalii'es. 



I have not had any kind of direct personal trouble 

 \\ith them, and I always punished looting on the part of 



my men so severely that they soon ceased to have any 

 desire to transgress in this way. 



Nevertheless 1 have been twice attacked at night by 

 Masai, who were alter my cattle! 



Before I give a description of this incident, 1 should 

 like to say that private tr,i\'ellei's and their caravans, 

 are naturally, in view ot such events, place 1 in a tar 

 more dangerous position than the commanders ol colonial 

 police, tor these arc; ot course always equipped tor war- 

 fare. Private travellers may easily find themselves in 

 danger, since the attacks ot the natives always take 



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