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A NATURALIST IN MID-AFRICA. 



As to treating the men, I do not think I ever 

 got as much out of them as other travellers seem 

 to have done, so perhaps my advice is not of much 

 value. The leading hint is to treat them exactly 

 as a schoolmaster in the. olden time used to treat 



his boys. Never be 

 familiar, or partial, 

 or overlook imper- 

 tinence or neglect 

 of duty. At the 

 same time, I used 

 to do everything I 

 could to make them 

 comfortable without 

 appearing to do so. 



I found that this 

 answered very well, 

 as I never had any 

 serious difficulty 

 with them. 



It is also impor- 

 tant never to believe 

 or trust in any par- 

 ticular man above 

 the others, and to 

 remember that truth is a very hazy notion 

 amongst them. For personal attendants I have 

 always found young boys the most willing and 

 intelligent, and I think this is a general ex- 

 perience. 



Fig. 47. — An Askari. 



