such units in every case, the evil would very suddenly
come to an end. And the native's respect for the white man would climb
in the scale.

Once the safari man gets confidence in his master, that confidence is
complete. The white man's duties are in his mind clearly defined. His
job is to see that the black man is fed, is watered, is taken care of
in every way. The ordinary porter considers himself quite devoid of
responsibility. He is also an improvident creature, for he drinks all
his water when he gets thirsty, no matter how long and hot the journey
before him; he eats his rations all up when he happens to get hungry,
two days before next distribution time; he straggles outrageously at
times and has to be rounded up; he works three months and, on a whim,
deserts two days before the end of his journey, thus forfeiting all his
wages. Once two porters came to us for money.

"What for?" asked C.

"To buy a sheep," said they.

For two months we had been shooting them all the game meat they could
eat, but on this occasion two days had intervened since the last kill.
If they had been on trading safari they would have had no meat at all.
A sheep cost six rupees in that country, and they were getting but ten
rupees a month as wages. In view of the circumstances, and for their
own good, we refused. Another man once insisted on purchasing a cake
of violet-scented soap for a rupee. Their chief idea of a wild time in
Nairobi, after return from a long safari, is to SIT IN A CHAIR and drink
tea. For this they pay exorbitantly at the Somali so-called "hotels."
It is a strange sight. But then, I have seen cowboys off the range or
lumberjacks from the river do equally extravagant and foolish things.

On the other hand they carry their loads well, they march tremendously,
they know their camp duties and they do them. Under adverse
circumstances they are good-natured. I remember C. and I, being belated
and lost in a driving rain. We wandered until nearly midnight. The four
or five men with us were loaded heavily with the meat and trophy of a
roan. Certainly they must have been very tired; for only occasionally
could we permit them to lay down their loads. Most of the time we were
actually groping, over boulders, volcanic rocks, fallen trees and all
sorts of tribulation. The men took it as a huge joke, and at every pause
laughed consumedly.

In making up a safari one tries to mix in four or five tribes. This
prevents concerted a