118 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
ever that may be, the men are as a rule of splendid 
physique and well qualified for the calling that the 
majority of them follow, that of caravan porters. They 
are a careless, light-hearted, improvident people, and 
are very fond of all the good things of this world, 
enjoying them thoroughly whenever they get the 
SWAHILI CARAVAN PORTERS. 
chance. Their life is spent in journeying to and from 
the interior, carrying heavy loads of provisions and 
trade-goods on the one journey, and returning with 
similar loads of ivory or other products of the 
country. They are away for many months at a 
time on these expeditions, and consequently—as 
they cannot spend money on the march—they 
 aret 
