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bore at the head of the safari, marching in company with 

 the flag- bearer. Every hour or two the men would halt, 

 often beside one of the queer little wicker-work booths in 

 which native 

 hucksters dis- 

 posed of their 

 wares by the 

 roadside. 



Along the road 

 we often met 

 wayfarers; once 

 or twice bullock 

 carts; more often 

 men carrying 

 rolls of hides or 

 long bales of cot- 

 ton on their 

 heads; or a set of 

 Bahima herds- 

 men, with clear- 

 cut features, 

 guarding their 

 herds of huge- 

 horned Angola 

 cattle. 



All greeted us 

 most courteous- 

 ly, frequently 

 crouching or 

 kneeling, as is 

 their custom 



The situtunga shot by Kermit Roosevelt at Kampalla 

 From a pltolograph by Edmund Heller 



when they salute 



a superior; and we were scrupulous to acknowledge their 

 salutes, and to return their greetings in the native fashion, 

 with words of courtesy and long-drawn e-h-h-s and a-a-h-s. 

 Along the line of march the chiefs had made preparations 

 to receive us. Each afternoon, as we came to the spot 



