All African peoples are alike in one thing--they can go mad, and the madness of one infects the others.

The English know this well enough.' 'Where would you start the fire ?' he asked.
'Where the fuel is dryest.

Up in the North among the Mussulman peoples.

But there you must help me.

I know nothing about Islam, and I gather that you do.' 'Why ?' he asked.
'Because of what you have done already,' I answered.
Stumm had translated all this time, and had given the sense of my words very fairly.