5 AUGUST 1960, Page 15

TOURIST IN AFRICA

Slit•-1 wish Mr. Waugh had tasted what he describes 'a horrible mess of mealies.' The Swahilis are renowned for their cooking and their normal diet is cassava (a local variety of potatoes) and fish Prepared in coconut milk. I would rather prefer the Swahili's 'cassava and fish' to 'fish and chips' you

buy in England. • Also most Swahilis are Mohammedans and abstain from drinking. Most of their wages are spent RI paying excessive poll taxes or decorating their Clean and homely houses.—Yours faithfully,

YMCA, Vittoria Walk, Cheltenham

A. KHAKI