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quite a sum of money, he would like to buy the 

 Boran's daughter. I had long ago learned that one 

 has to be careful with the native women coming 

 into camp. We never allowed more than two or three 

 around at a time. If we got the wrong kind we 

 always had trouble, for with so many boys around 

 one wild black lady could almost break up our 

 organization. The girl was now brought in. And 

 as she didn't look like a trouble-maker I gave my man 

 permission to buy her. I even fiunished him the 

 sixty shillings to pay the bill, as I owed him more 

 than that. 



The interesting thing was that the Boran should 

 sell his cow for seventy shillings and his daughter for 

 only sixty. The porter was very good to the girl; 

 and a short while later we took her away from his 

 menage and attached her to Osa as personal maid. 

 In the end she became a devoted and efficient servant. 



After Osa got thoroughly on her feet again she 

 became restless. She came to me one morning and 

 asked if she might break the set rule of Lake Paradise 

 namely, that not one shot should be fired in the 

 Lake district. She wanted to get a Greater Kudu, 

 the true aristocrat of the African forest and one of 

 the most wary game animals on the list. 



At first I thought I should refuse. I couldn't 

 get away to go with her and knew that she must face 

 the dangers of the forest alone except for her helpers. 



