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extent of country. All dominant races show this in their 

 bearing and the way they walk, and it is noticeable in 

 animals also. A lion by day, when he is disturbed, has a 

 furtive, slouching look ; but when he has fed and drunk, 

 I expect he looks round with an air of command and 

 contentment, as he feels dominant. 



The elephant, with his easy, dignified manner, when he 

 has not been frightened or hurt, seems quite oblivious of 

 anything else on earth, and, among animals, he is king, for 

 nothing can harm him except puny man ; and it is only by 

 man's ingenuity in making weapons of destruction that he 

 is able to assert his superiority. 



The Angoni make good personal servants, and the 

 younger lads are intelligent when they are taught. It 

 cannot be expected that they can accustom themselves to 

 the white man's ways all at once, so, although they may at 

 first be aggravating and stupid, it is best to be patient with 

 them. 



Some years ago I was rather inclined to be hasty with 

 them, for during a residence of some seven years in India 

 I had become accustomed to the intelligent Indian servants, 

 and I found it very difficult to put up with the stupid, 

 procrastinating ways of the Africans. 



Central Africa is a land where patience and forbearance 

 has to be exercised if one is to be tolerably happy. It is 

 one of the most isolated countries in the world, for mails 

 take six weeks to come from home, and nothing is done in 

 a hurry. 



The white man who possesses a slow, phlegmatic nature 

 is likely to be more popular with the natives than an 

 energetic man who likes things done quickly ; and who 

 also likes to live like a civilised being, and not among 

 dirty surroundings. 



. Above all things natives like honesty of purpose in the 

 white man, although they do not always practise this 

 themselves, so one should never break a promise given or 

 attempt to cheat the natives, as I am afraid many low-class 

 Europeans do. 



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