MY ARRIVAL AT TSAVO 



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, I found myself being vigor- 

 ously rowed to the foot of the landing steps by the 

 bahareen (sailors) who had been successful in the 



VASCO DA GAMA STREET AND PILLAR. 



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 



