From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . e a long speech in German, complimentingthe captain on his skill in navigating the ship, the chief engineer on hisability, then one or two German officers on their future successes inGerman East Africa. Afterwards he called on us, said he heard there weretwo celebrated lion-hunters on board, to whom he offered tin hearts in casetheir own failed at a critical time, and a pinch of salt to put on the lions THE CAPE TO BEIRA AND THE SABI 3 tails. After that, all who had not previously crossed were smothered; inflour or soot
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . e a long speech in German, complimentingthe captain on his skill in navigating the ship, the chief engineer on hisability, then one or two German officers on their future successes inGerman East Africa. Afterwards he called on us, said he heard there weretwo celebrated lion-hunters on board, to whom he offered tin hearts in casetheir own failed at a critical time, and a pinch of salt to put on the lions THE CAPE TO BEIRA AND THE SABI 3 tails. After that, all who had not previously crossed were smothered; inflour or soot, and thoroughly ducked in a large bath made of sails. Onesporting German baroness, hearing it was the correct thing, turned up ondeck in her role dc nuit, a skirt and coat, and desired to undergo theordeal, but to our dissatisfaction, the captain put his veto on it. Beyond this, suffice it to say, that on February 28th of the year ofour Lord 1898, Arthur Henry Sharp and Ewart Scott Grogan, in companyof sundry German officers and beer enthusiasts, took part in the usual. DIVING AT ADKN. Liner manoeuvre of violently charging a sandbank in the bay ofBeira on a flood-tide, to the ear-smashing accompaniment of the GermanNational Anthem. In the intervals of waiting to be floated, and findingout how many of our loads had been lost, we amused ourselves by catchingsharks, which swarmed round the stern of the vessel. Beira, as every oneknows, is mainly composed of galvanized iron, sun-baked sand, drinks, andPortuguese ruffians, and is inhabited by a mixed society of railway employes,excellent fellows, Ohio wags, and German Jews. The Government consistsof a triumvirate composed of a king, who also at odd times imports 4 FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO railways, the British Consul, and the Beira Post, and sundry minorPortuguese officials, who provide entertainment for the town, such asvolley-firing down the main streets, dredging operations in the lagoon atthe back of the town, bugle
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