-* Hostile Forces 



of the blacks who had also managed to escape the: 

 slaughter. 



In any case; \ve needed to be very careful, as \ve were 

 close: to the English border, and this gave the hostile 

 Masai an opportunity of getting off scot-free. It was 

 perhaps too confiding in me to atlord shelter in my 

 camp tor weeks to an increasing number of Masai 



warriors. I had very much desired the presence ot 

 some ot these strange people, tor purposes of study. 

 P> ut when their numbers swelled beyond all reason. 

 I intimated to them that I would not allow more than 

 ten men, in addition to those already there, to remain 

 in my proximity. On this they suddenly dispersed in 

 every direction, and only two of the old tolk came to 

 me afterwards. 



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