I MY ARRIVAL AT TSAVO 5 
of small boats and ‘ dug-outs” manned by crowds 
of shouting and gesticulating natives. After a short 
fight between some rival Swahili boatmen for my 
luggage and person, | found myself being vigor- 
ously rowed to the foot of the landing steps by the 
bahareen (sailors) who had been successful in the 
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encounter. Now, my object in coming out to East 
Africa at this time was to take up a position to 
which I had been appointed by the Foreign Office 
on the construction staff of the Uganda Railway. 
As soon as I landed, therefore, I enquired 
from one of the Customs officials where the head- 
quarters of the railway were to be found, and 
