EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME. 
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The Wa-kahe are not remarkable for great deeds 
of daring, and may be considered tacticians rather than 
warriors. Their main object is to successfully surprise 
an unsuspecting foe at early dawn, and by a sudden 
pounce to inflict heavy slaughter on the sleeping enemy 
and capture as many of his cattle as they can. Evi¬ 
dence that the enemy is awake is a sufficient signal 
for a hasty retreat, accompanied by all the mimic pomp 
and circumstance of war—doubtless a great relief to 
their disappointed expectation. I have subsequently 
heard, and without surprise, that this nation of feeble 
soldiers has been wiped off the face of Africa by 
Mandara; and though I grudge Mandara his success, 
I do not think I ever met a tribe more fitted to illus¬ 
trate the proverb “ Here to-day and gone to-morrow ” 
than that of the Wa-kahe. 
Our camp was pitched in a lovely glade, green and 
grassy, a spot suggestive of perfect peace and goodwill 
towards all men, and we lolled away the afternoon in 
weary contentment, until the stillness was broken by a 
distant hum of angry voices. Twenty of our followers 
had mutinied and openly declared their intention to 
return to the coast at once. Arcadia to them meant 
plenty to eat and drink, and for the last three days 
they had been almost starving. We succeeded in 
pacifying them, and sent the Kiboso men, who had 
stuck to us like limpets, to demand a bullock from the 
Ivahe people in Sina’s name. I think these Kiboso 
natives dared not return to their chief without us, and 
from all accounts Sina was rather a despot, for not long 
