The Kavirondos are a stock-raising people. I see their little flocks of sheep and goats everywhere, and frequently pass droves of humped cattle. Fat cows graze over the plains, usually in droves watched by cowherds. Every drove has a flock of white birds about it. Some of the birds are on the ground, and some are perched on the backs of the cattle, eating the insects and vermin they find there. They are probably the rhinoceros birds, which feed on the flies and other insects preying on those great beasts and which, by their flying, warn them of the approach of danger. The cattle are driven into the villages at night or into small inclosures outside. The women do the milking, but are not allowed to drink the milk, although they may mix it with flour into a soup. This Kavirondo country is very rich. All over the plains from here to the mountains the trees have been cut off, but the ground is covered with luxuriant grass. Near the villages are little cultivated patches in which the natives raise peanuts, Indian corn, and a millet-like sorghum. I see them everywhere digging up the black soil. Their naked bodies are almost as dark as the dirt they are hoeing. The British are developing the Kavirondos as general farm workers. Their wages range from three to five rupees a month. Around Lake Victoria and all along the Uganda Railway large tracts of land have been taken up by Europeans, and some of this is being ditched and drained. I gather that it is the intention to turn the whole into one great cotton plantation, and see no reason why that should not be done. THE END SEE THE WORLD WITH FRANK G. CARPENTER You can go round the world under your own living-room lamp by reading the travels of Frank G. Carpenter. Millions of Americans have already found him their ideal fellow traveller, and have enjoyed visiting with him all the corners of the globe. He tells his readers what they want to know, shows them what they want to see, and makes them feel that they are there. Doubleday, Page & Company, in response to the demand from Carpenter readers, are now publishing, for the first time, the complete story of CARPENTER’S WORLD TRAVELS, of which this book is the fifth in the series. Those now available are: _1._ “_The Holy Land and Syria_” _2._ “_From Tangier to Tripoli_” Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Tripoli. _3._ “_Alaska, Our Northern Wonderland_” _4._ “_The Tail of the Hemisphere_” Chile and Argentina. _5._ “_From Cairo to Kisumu_” Egypt, The Sudan, and Kenya Colony. The sixth book is about Java, which Mr. Carpenter found to be “the most beautiful land in all the world.” It is now on the press and will be followed in rapid succession by additional volumes until the series is finished.