The Tanganyka Territory . ally no skin on the top of hisskull, the man explaining that Bwana Kabruri had madehim carry a large buffalo head from sunrise to sunsetfor seven days, and that if he put it down he was floggeduntil he picked it up again. To the end of his days hecarried the marks of his savagery. Wlien the Oberleutnant ordered a native to be flogged,it was more likely to be one hundred lashes than fifteen,and he had the pleasant habit of beating over the headwith a crop of rhinoceros hide any boy he met. Oneevening he struck at a native, who turned round, threwhis assailant, knelt on


The Tanganyka Territory . ally no skin on the top of hisskull, the man explaining that Bwana Kabruri had madehim carry a large buffalo head from sunrise to sunsetfor seven days, and that if he put it down he was floggeduntil he picked it up again. To the end of his days hecarried the marks of his savagery. Wlien the Oberleutnant ordered a native to be flogged,it was more likely to be one hundred lashes than fifteen,and he had the pleasant habit of beating over the headwith a crop of rhinoceros hide any boy he met. Oneevening he struck at a native, who turned round, threwhis assailant, knelt on his chest, and proceeded to chokehim, the Hun being saved only by the timely arrival ofa black non-commissioned officer, who marched thespirited savage off to the boma ; where the lieutenant,much to every ones surprise, presented him with fiftyrupees and released him with the words, You are theonly man in your tribe. It is, of course, to be remembered that in those daysthe Germans had been fighting the Waarusha, and that. A CARRIER CAMP.


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