The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23
HOMES OF NABDBs
IN AFRICAN. N!|LDs
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xebras and large number of gnus
or wilde beeste, which are a combina
ton between horse and cow. and
are of the antelope species. There
are also rhinos and hippos unnum-
hered. The Appropriateness infest the
lands along the rivers. and these
streams are also Inhabited by croco-
dies. The other day Mrs. MacMillan's
favorite terrier attempted to swim a
creek not far from the house and was
gobbled up by crocodile, y day or
two before that a rhnoceros attacked
one of the negroes who was hoeing
the lettuce in the garden and dam
aged him considerably, and every now
and then hippopotamus from the
swamps of the Athi River breaks in
and has a meal off the peanuts or
sweet potatoes. The amount that these
animals eat is not so great, but they
tramp over the garden. crushing the
vegetables into mush with their giant
feet and they are apt to wallow in
the flowers.
Palace in Wilderness.
/ don't suppose ought TO call Mr..
MacMilians country home palace. III
would not be one in London. Paris,
Washington or Berlin, but IL is Ger
E tdtuiS Dalatl1l III llllS lutlI, Nllti', uliNll
within dozen years ago there were
nothing but mud huts matched with
straw. and where the natives are stu
CONSPICUOUS by their nudity. Tie home
is low bungalow, painted a cool green
and white, with wide halls. spacious
yerandas and long. easy chairs. all
whispering comfort to the saddle-tlred
hunter who may have JUST come in,
chased by lion, or from a long hunt
on the plains. The house itself was
imported from England in sections, the
material being brought thirty miles by
oxen over flooded rivers, through al
most impossible swamps and through
country filled with wild beasts This
Is so also OF the furniture, the wall
papers and the beautiful engravings
and books, and also of the modern farm
implements of various kinds which are
now used on the estate.
The same is true of the machinery
of the pumping station and electric
light plant which are down near the
river and carry light and water TO all
the buildings on the homestead The
structures include an engine house and
rooms for dynamos, storage cells and
an ice chamber.
The Dairy and It's Hundred Cows.
In talking with me. Mr.. Macmillan
cows in his dairy. Each gives only a
gallon of milk a day. but the milk is
almost pure cream. and far richer than
that of our American cows. Mr.. Mac
MILAN tells me that lie Is now making
a great deal of butter, and that the
most of IT finds a ready market in Mai
robi. He speaks confidently .of the fu-
ture of British East Africa as n dairy
ing country, saving that the grass is
,-ir tn, 90 hut ar. oI NJ tins
and prophesying that this colony will
some day export butter to India, South
Africa and London.
Mr. MacMillan's dairy on the ,iuja
ranch is wonder TO the people here
Tt is equipped as well as any of the
& cowhouses belonging to our millionaires
of the United States. is fittings are
of white enamel; it has boiler for
sterilizing the utensils steam sepa-
rator witM White enamel fittings, and
everything Is managed in the most san
itary way. on one side of the dairy is
bacon roo | containing fitches and
hams and down on a marshy bend OF