Bones

This collection of episodes in the Commissioner Sanders series continues Wallace's subtly humorous look at colonial Africa. Bones is the nickname of Francis Augustus Tibbetts, lieutenant of the Houssas, seconded to British Africa under Lt. Patrick George Hamilton and Mr. Commissioner Sanders. He is both raw and utterly self-confident, a devastating combination, particularly since Sanders is away for most of these episodes. The stories don't seem to be arranged chronologically, which makes me think they were originally published separately and collected in no particular order.