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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 



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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 



