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EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME. 
all fitted with iron bars, and the upper storey has verandahs 
from which a hot fire might be kept up in case of attack; there 
is also a strong stockade round the house and gardens, made 
of trunks of small trees. 
On our journey up the river one of our boats with some ten 
or twelve men on board was attacked by a swarm of bees; the 
men were soon overboard, but having to land in thick bush, one 
man was lost for several days, but eventually turned up. 
We stayed here six days repacking our things and making 
preparations for a two months’ shoot up the river. 
During this enforced delay one of the party went out shoot¬ 
ing every day to provide the camp with meat, which was 
greedily looked forward to by our men and the few Gallas 
living round the mission. The only game in any number were 
tope (Alcephalus Senegalensis). They, however, were always 
secured, Hunter killing as many as four one morning. 
We had great difficulty in securing any Gallas as guides for 
our further explorations, but ultimately, at a most extortionate 
figure, secured the services of three. 
It may be as well to mention here something about the four 
different races living in this district. They consist of the 
Gallas, the Wa-sania,* also known as Wa-boni and Wa-tai, the 
Wa-kopomo, and the Somalis. 
The Gallas are not numerous; in fact, I much doubt whether 
in this part of Africa they now exceed three thousand in number. 
They originally, in all probability, formed part of the northern 
Gallas, but were driven south by the ever-encroaching Somalis, 
who now intervene between them and their compatriots. At 
the time of my visit in 1885 they had large herds of cattle, 
which, however, since then have been entirely swept away by 
the Somalis from the north, and by the Masai from the west. 
They are a tall and slender race, with good features but evil 
expression, and are very dark in colour. Their arms consist 
of two spears, one large and the other small, both with leaf- 
* Wa-sania, Wa-boni, and Wa-tai are names for denoting the same tribe, 
used respectively by the Gallas, Swahilis, and Wa-kopomo. 
