| Facing them 200 yards away are the neat files of white sacks containing split peas and maize, each attended by companies of askari. |
| But the askari roughly replied that they had orders to continue their journey without delay, and the march was resumed. |
| The second askari, his rifle lowered, was staring in vague surmise at his breast, from which protruded a piece of polished wood. |
| In the meantime Simba, with great enthusiasm, continued his drill of the askaris. |
| Accompanied by Simba, Mali-ya-bwana, and three askaris he took the back track. |
| They should instead take comfort in the fact that African askaris and Indian sepoys fought as mercenaries in the armies of the British Empire. |
