The Sherbro and its hinterland . e taken its place ; and it has become absolutely neces-sary that some kind of remunerative employment shouldbe found for the people and a certain income for thechiefs. Everything that fosters a profitable native industry pro-motes peace. I lay great stress on the necessity of native in-dustries being made profitable to the workers themselves ;and I am glad to say that the Colonial Government insistsmost stringently that its officers should pay properly for allnative assistance and for what they purchase in the way offood. By this great example the chiefs are be
The Sherbro and its hinterland . e taken its place ; and it has become absolutely neces-sary that some kind of remunerative employment shouldbe found for the people and a certain income for thechiefs. Everything that fosters a profitable native industry pro-motes peace. I lay great stress on the necessity of native in-dustries being made profitable to the workers themselves ;and I am glad to say that the Colonial Government insistsmost stringently that its officers should pay properly for allnative assistance and for what they purchase in the way offood. By this great example the chiefs are being taught theirduty to their own people, who are not slow to observe thepecuniary benefits accruing to the meanest servantemployed by the Government. Long as distances into the remote interior are naturally,they are increased materially by the incessant windings ofthe native paths. All over the country is a network ofextremely narrow tracks, which branch off from the mainroads. These roads themselves require widening, straight-. ifo face page 37. 5.—Native Stick and insecure. IV TRANSPORT AND ITS DIFFICULTIES 37 ening and maintaining; that, at any rate, would be somehelp. Again, strong and durable bridges are needed in a countryso intersected with streams of all sorts and sizes, many ofwhich may be stepped over in the dry season, but areunfordable during the rains, and require long raised trestlebridges, for the erection of which the country provides anabundance of excellent timber. There is certainly much room for improvement in theroughly constructed native bridges. Some of these,although they appear sound, are absolutely rotten, as Ihave more than once found to my cost. On one oc-casion I and my carriers with their loads had safelypassed over a high trestle bridge across a deep bridge looked all right, but on returning a fewminutes later accompanied only by my orderly, as wereached the centre the whole concern doubled up like ahouse of cards, and d
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