An African Shooting Trip 



firing a few shots, and the little band eventu- 

 ally caught up with us again, with a good sup- 

 ply of rice, dates and letters. It was in this 

 country we fell in with the Sultan of all the 

 Gadabursi tribes, and the same who had 

 stripped the Italian, previously mentioned, of 

 all his belongings. We managed to get along 

 amicably with the crafty old chief, who in- 

 structed his son to show us game, and made 

 us a present of some sheep. In exchange, we 

 gave him some tobacco and highly-colored 

 cotton clothes, called kylies. The common 

 cotton cloth, of which we carried a large sup- 

 ply, is the money of the interior, and, curi- 

 ously enough, is made in New England, and 

 is known throughout a large section of East 

 Africa as " Americany." The English claim it 

 to be inferior to some cloth they have tried to 

 Introduce on the coast, but, be that as it may, 

 the natives say their fathers used the " Amer- 

 icany," and it is good enough for them. 



The old Sultan became rather a nuisance 

 after the novelty of having him about had 

 worn off, as he hung about the camp expect- 

 ing to be entertained with picture-books, etc. 

 Fortunately, A. D. S. had brought along a 



music-box to amuse the natives, and by play- 



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