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upon Sir Frederick jumped oft' the platform, took 

 hold of each of them by the scrufi of their necks 

 and put them outside. When he returned some 

 members of the audience shouted out : 



" Well, thee be'est a mon anyhoo ! " and gave 

 him a hearing. 



I had the honour of defeating Sir Frederick in a 

 game of bucket-quoits on board, but as there was 

 no time for a return game I should not care to 

 say which was the better player. 



Another of my fellow passengers was Mr. Grogan, 

 who walked from Cape Town to Cairo, 6,000 miles. 

 Accompanied by a friend, after great struggles and 

 extreme privations, he reached Cairo. His ex- 

 periences in the wilds of Africa were terrible. He 

 has very large interests in East Africa, and pays 

 periodical visits to England, where he is so well 

 known on the poHtical platform, being a good 

 speaker. 



Mr. W. Stuart Menzies, a good and well-known 

 sportsman, and quite one of the right sort, was 

 also on board, going out for white rhino, which I 

 beheve he got, and now has among his numerous 

 trophies of big game. He left us at Port Sudan 

 for Khartoum. 



Mr. Chapman, another big game hunter, was on 

 board. 



While waiting at Sudan, Mr. J. Stanning, Mr. 



