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"Askaris not pukha askaris of the government. Those are not Sniders they carry don't know that kind of musket. Those boxes are not the usual type wonder where they were bought!" The hammock came into view, swinging on the long pole. It was borne by four men at each end experienced machele carriers who would keep step with a gentle gliding. Eight more walked alongside as relay.
"This is a great safari, Mali-ya-bwana. Four tin boxes and twelve askaris to guard them; and eighty or more porters; and sixteen men just to carry the machele! This must be a Bwana M' Kubwa." "That is what Kavirondos might think," replied Mali-ya-bwana calmly. Kingozi looked up at him with a new curiosity. "But not yourself?" "A man who is a Bwana M'kubwa does not have to be carried.
After his fashion of talking aloud, he reported what he saw, partly to the black man at his side, but mostly to himself. "Askaris," he said, "six of them. The man rides in a machele he is either a German or a Portuguese; only those people use macheles unless he is sick! Many porters four are no more white men. More askaris!" He smiled a little contemptuously under his beard.
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