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many days on the heads of men, it was necessary to have it 

 constructed of separate blocks weighing not more than 60 lb. 

 each. The cross was set 

 up at Maifoni by Dr. 

 Parsons just within a 

 year of its leaving 

 England. He also re- 

 built the walls round 

 the grave, cementing 

 in native spear-heads 

 round the top. Of 

 course, the difficulty of 

 conveying so heavy yet 

 so delicate a work of 

 art over all those rough 

 miles was enormous, nor 

 would it have been pos- 

 sible without the kind 

 help of Dr. Parsons and 

 Captain Elliot. 



I like to think that 

 though my brother died 

 so far away from home, 

 fate permitted that 



flowers should rest and children laugh and play about 

 his grave. For if there were two things in this world 

 that his soul loved, they were flowers and children. I 

 can remember how, even when he ran home on leave for a 

 single night, he would always go into the garden to pick 

 a nosegay for his bedside if it had been forgotten. Or, 



A KANURI WOMAN AT MAIFONI 



