Cvetoo me Keys, Reminiscences of a Pioneer Police OMicer tu" Brits East Aiea By Major' W. Robert Foran. With a. foreword. by Lord Erahortn ae. Hiatal Sah DBthees Eutchiten, London. 10°" Bhotorrepis "by. the author "an The rapid advance of civilization has lett few places in the world unexplored by man. The one. glaring exception is the failure of man conquer Mount Everest on foot, Though it is fairly sate. to prophesy hat the days are nuimbored before he, with all the sclentiie. resources now at his disposal, reaches the Summit of that mammoth mountain, Which has defied humanity for. Jong. It is a real pleasure, therefor pickup a book and read pioneering work in a country where not only had to contend with Suspicious native. tribes, but with particularly rampant forces of nature the form of savage game, agriedl= {ural posts such as locusts, and the Clements in their most extreme forms, Quite apart from the subject of the oak, however, If Is joy to read Because of the Way in Which it is written, "It isa simple style, com= prehensive, and the author' never {als to come straight 10 the point. His descriptions are apt: his humour een; is judgment sound; and if only Government officials and setters in British East Africa could have read this book in the days of which he speaks, 1904-1010, many of the evils which subsequently retarded development would have been avoided, For he spoke and acted plainly, caring neither for the opinion of high Government offelals nor for the thought of his closest friends, when he realized the the course he must take. His declsions were invariably successful because he backed them with the best witness in the world, common sense.
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