| Few survive of those adventurous spirits who followed the trail of Rhodes's pioneers and appropriated great tracts of Africa for the British Empire. "Chirupula" Stephenson was one of the young men who went to the unknown north in those early days and his account of native life and customs, and of his own encounters with big game, witch doctors, and refractory chiefs is an historical document of great value and interest. "Chirupula" (as he is known to the natives) is a well-known character in Northern Rhodesia to-day. He has been assisted in the preparation of this record by Captain H. T. Birch Reynardson, C.M.G., lately Secretary to the Governor-General and author of "High Street, Africa". |