11 NOVEMBER 1922, Page 28

Life in certain outlying parts of the British Empire assuredly

does not lack an element of excitement to which we residents in Great Britain are not accustomed on our daily rounds. The Nairobi correspondent of the Times tells us that the native market at Dar-es-Salaam has repeatedly been raided by lions recently. Whether the greater freedom enjoyed by the inhabitants under the British regime has gone to the head of the Leonine population and is the cause of these outbreaks remains to be seen—or is the fact that some of the " Verboten " signs of pre-War days have been removed responsible?