This slim, grizzled man, with his wrinkled face and bright eyes, was clearly not lavish in his praise.

I felt it was no small thing to have earned a word of commendation.
'And now I will tell you my story,' said Captain Arcoll.

'It is a long story, and I must begin far back.

It has taken me years to decipher it, and, remember, I've been all my life at this native business.

I can talk every dialect, and I have the customs of every tribe by heart.
I've travelled over every mile of South Africa, and Central and East Africa too.