THE BIG GAME OF AFRICA 



own carefully kept accounts during three different expe- 

 ditions into the interior. A single sportsman needs, to be 

 perfectly comfortable and for a three- or four-months' 

 shooting trip, about forty men in all, although he may get 

 along with less. This will cost him about as follows: 



I headman wages per month, $14.00 



2 gun bearers (for both) " 



4 askaris (for all) " 



I cook " 



I personal "boy," or butler " 



I syce, or horse boy " 



30 porters at $3.34 each " 



Food for all 40 men 



Extra expenses for occasional guides, etc 



Total for all men, wages and food $230.00 



25.00 



16.00 



10.00 



9.00 



5.00 



100.00 



30.00 



21.00 



Besides this monthly expense there is an initial outlay, 

 according to the government regulation, requiring for each 

 man one blanket, a jersey, and a water bottle, amounting 

 to about $1 to $1.50 per man according to quality, or, say, 

 in all about $60 for the forty men. Then, in most cases 

 the hunter has to supply the headman, gun bearers, cook, 

 and " boy " with a suit of khaki clothes, coat and trousers, 

 which cost about $3 the suit. This would add to the initial 

 expense another $15. A good horse costs about $200, more 

 or less, and a fair, strong riding mule from $100 to $150, 

 while good donkeys can be had from $14 to $18. These 

 animals are sold again at the end of the safari, realizing, if 

 in good condition, about sixty to eighty per cent of their 

 original cost. 



The " askaris " are a kind of native soldier, whose duty 

 it is to look after and help the men during the march, to 



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