. African game trails;. Hunting. THROUGH THE PLEISTOCENE 23 always been carried on. The backbone of such a safari Is generally composed of SwahlU, the coast men, negroes who have acquired the Moslem rehglon, together with a partially Arabicized tongue and a strain of Arab blood from the Arab warriors and traders who have been dominant in the coast towns for so many centuries. It was these Swahlll trading caravans, under Arab leadership, which, in their quest for ivory and slaves, trod out the routes which the. up in line to greet us fifteen askaris, the second the porters with their headmen by
. African game trails;. Hunting. THROUGH THE PLEISTOCENE 23 always been carried on. The backbone of such a safari Is generally composed of SwahlU, the coast men, negroes who have acquired the Moslem rehglon, together with a partially Arabicized tongue and a strain of Arab blood from the Arab warriors and traders who have been dominant in the coast towns for so many centuries. It was these Swahlll trading caravans, under Arab leadership, which, in their quest for ivory and slaves, trod out the routes which the. up in line to greet us fifteen askaris, the second the porters with their headmen by Edmund Heller early white explorers followed. Without their work as a preliminary the work of the white explorers could not have been done; and it was the Swahill porters themselves who rendered this work itself possible. To this day every hunter, trader, missionary, or explorer must use either a Swahlll safari or one modelled on the Swahlll basis. The part played by the white-topped ox wagon in the history of South Africa, and by the camel caravan in North Africa, has been played in middle Africa by the files of strong, patient, childlike savages, who have borne the burdens of so many masters and employers hither and thither, through and across, the dark heart of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. New York, London, Syndicate publishing company
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