Introductory Chapter 



the sportsman's taste, but note that glasses take 

 up less room in one's pocket. 



Go to John Edgington for your tent, and get 

 a green rot-proof one of about 120 lb. It is two 

 porters' loads, and is quite big enough. One's 

 personal dependants want a tent, but that can be 

 picked up second-hand in the country, as also 

 can porters' tents. 



Six to ten porters go to one tent. 



A porter's load is 60 lb., which ought to in- 

 clude their "posho " for two or three days. 



" Posho " is one " kibaba n of rice ; or 

 one do. beans ; or 



one do. matama flour ; or 



half and half of two, per diem. 



A " kibaba ' is a tin pot measuring about one 

 and a half pounds. 



Any meat you shoot for them, except on 

 emergency, when it should invariably be explained 

 beforehand, is extra. 



When one kills an animal the meat is always 

 brought to one's tent door, every bit of it, and 

 divided up by the headman. That ought to be 

 a fixed rule, and they all know it. 



It saves bother to give out "posho' for three 

 or four days at a time. Take no excuse if it is 

 all eaten in one or two days. Let them starve, 

 that is all. 



Twenty miles is a pretty good march for porters, 

 but one will not want to do this unless one is 



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