CHAPTER VIII 



EAST AFRICA 



Singularly enough my voyage to East Africa 



(in 1913) was made on the Gaika, the boat on 



which I made my first voyage to South 

 Once more '' ^ ° 



on board Africa. The voyage was of more than 



the *' Gaikft " 



passing interest, as there were many 



celebrities on board, one of whom was Sir Frederick 

 Milner (on his way to visit Lord Kitchener), whom 

 one remembers standing for Newark, and a Httle 

 incident that happened at one of his meetings. 



He was advised by the superintendent of police 



not to take any ladies with him on a particular 



night, but he missed the messenger 



Frederick who was Sent to tell him this, having 



practical left before he arrived. He took his wife 



politics ^^^ ^jg^ ^j^g vicar's wife with him, and 



when he was about to speak the electors were not 

 receiving him very kindly, and certainly not using 

 very choice language. Sir Frederick asked them 

 not to forget that ladies were present. A couple 

 of burly fellows made unsavoury remarks, where- 



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