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means equal to the growing demand. This more 

 especially applies to skilled mechanics and engineers, 

 for the latter of whom there is at the moment an 

 exceptionally fine opening. 



Here as elsewhere the legal profession fatten on the 

 folly of the litigious ; indeed it would be hard to find 

 a corner of the globe in which so large a proportion of 

 savings and earnings finds its way into the cash- 

 boxes of the lawyer. I always put down a great deal 

 of this spirit of litigiousness to the tropical sun, which 

 causes tempers to run high and men to see offence 

 where none was meant. The sun, tropical and other- 

 wise, cannot, however, be held responsible for the 

 extraordinary muddle into which land-titles both in 

 the Highlands and more especially on the coast have 

 been allowed to lapse. 



But it is to the farming class that British East 

 Africa makes its strongest appeal. Here again, as 

 long as the candidates are genuine, all are wanted and 

 will find their niche. The big capitalist is wanted to 

 stock and develop those stretches of country which do 

 not as yet, if they ever will, lend themselves to closer 

 settlement. Where he is especially needed is for 

 plantations, forests, sheep, and cattle ranches. With 

 the capitalist we want his bailiffs, his foremen, and his 

 employees ; the more the merrier. There are some 

 who dislike the capitalist or company, as the case may 

 be ; and would seem to assert that the man who works 

 for another is not so good a man or such a credit to 

 the State as one who works for himself. This is a 

 small view, and certainly contrary to experience. I 

 have found, and it is a matter of common knowledge, 

 that those who are, so to speak, M in employ " and 

 earning salaries or wages are every bit as good, 



