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young, vigorous, and active, not, as they are so often, 
use , battered men, who have failed in other careers, 
and try Africa as a last chance. They should possess 
sufficient education to be inspired with an intelligent 
interest in the wonderful nature that will surround 
them. There is no more miserable person in Africa 
than your utterly uncultured man; he pines and 
sickens for want of sympathy with his surroundings, 
while he who is so far alive to natural history as to be 
moved by the interesting fauna and flora of Equatorial 
Africa will never be lonely, nor have time to be ill. If 
any of them have a taste for sport, he will be never 
unhappy, for this country surely offers, without ex¬ 
ception, the most splendid hunting-ground in the world. 
Nor, in such a case, will his sport be mere useless 
butchery of beautiful animals. He will be able to 
supply his caravan with fresh meat, at no expense, 
and may secure many valuable skins and hides. In 
the case of elephants, a sportsman is a positive ac¬ 
quisition to the party, as he can procure ivory for 
nothing. I have, personally, known men in South¬ 
western Africa who’have made their fortunes over 
ivory and ostrich feathers. 
That the opening-up of this country would secure 
a new field for commerce, I am convinced. Wherever 
I went the natives were anxious to trade—more anxious 
to trade than to fight, always. Constantly they have 
said to me, “ Why won’t you come here, and set up a 
shop ”—for shop they employ the word dulca , which 
the Swahilis have taught them—“ and let us exchange 
our goods for yours ? ” At places nearly two hundred 
miles from the coast I have found people who had 
never seen a white man before, in the possession of 
Maria Theresa dollars and Indian rupees, with which 
