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astonishingly good use. I was like the one-eyed man 

 among the blind. 



What judgments of Solomon have I not given ! Once 

 two of my best people quarrelled, an Askari and his wife. 

 The serious character of the quarrel could be estimated 

 from the noise of weeping and the sound of blows that had 

 proceeded from their tent. The man wished to separate 

 from his wife. 



" Why did you beat your wife last night ? " 



The Askari (who has served under both German and 

 English masters) stands to attention. 



''Because she was badly behaved— I will not keep 

 her any more — I am sending her away." 



''But why—rafiki yangu ?— my friend.^ Such things 

 will happen at times, but it is not always so bad — see ? 

 Who will look after you ? who will prepare your meals ? 

 Look at her once more ; she is very pretty — don't you 

 think so ? And she cooks very well " (both parties, as 

 well as the bystanders, are smiling by now). " Go along, 

 then, and make friends." 



And they go and make friends. 



A deputation of the Waparis come to the camp. They 

 crouch down near my tent and beg for a "rain charm" to 

 bring down showers upon their fields. It is somewhat 

 difficult to help them. I take the gifts which they bring to 

 pay for the charm and make them a more valuable return, 

 and by means of the barometer I am able to foretell rain. 

 They gaze at the wizard and his charm wonderingly, and 

 come again later to see them both. 



Countless similar events succeed one another, and ever 



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