. African game trails. Hunting. 384 AFRICAN GA^IE TRAILS. I was glad to wear a mackinaw, a lumberman's jacket, which had been given me by Jack Greenway, and which I cer- tainly never expected to wear in Africa. The porters always minded cold, especially if there was rain, and I was glad to get them to the Uasin Gishu, where the nights were merely cool enough to make one appre- ciate blankets, while the days were never op- pressively hot. Although the Swahilis have furnished the model for all East African safari work, and supply the lingua franca for the country, they no longer compose the bulk
. African game trails. Hunting. 384 AFRICAN GA^IE TRAILS. I was glad to wear a mackinaw, a lumberman's jacket, which had been given me by Jack Greenway, and which I cer- tainly never expected to wear in Africa. The porters always minded cold, especially if there was rain, and I was glad to get them to the Uasin Gishu, where the nights were merely cool enough to make one appre- ciate blankets, while the days were never op- pressively hot. Although the Swahilis have furnished the model for all East African safari work, and supply the lingua franca for the country, they no longer compose the bulk of the porters. Of our porters at this time about two- fifths were stalwart M'nuwezi from German East Africa, two-fifths were Wakamba, and the remainder Swahilis with half a dozen Kavirondos and Kikuyus. The M'nuwezi are the strongest of all, and make excellent porters. They will often be as much as two or three years away from their homes; for safari work is very attractive to the best type of natives, as they live much better than if travelling on their own account, and as it offers almost the only way in which they can earn money. The most severe punishment that can be inflicted on a gun-bearer, tent boy, sais, or porter is to dismiss him on such terms as to make it im- possible for him again to be employed on a safari. In camp the men of each tribe group themselves together in parties, each man sharing any unwonted delicacy with his cronies. Kassitura with the roan antelope From a photograph by Kermi! Roosevell. 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, C. Scribner's sons
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