Introductory Chapter 



most suitable as transport. These can be bought 

 mostly for thirty or forty rupees apiece at Nairobi ; 

 but it would be advisable to write to one's agents 

 beforehand, as slight difficulty might be experi- 

 enced in procuring them at a moment's notice. 

 Donkeys will carry a load of 1 20 lb. each ; they 

 want no extra food beyond good grazing, and one 

 boy could easily look after five or eight. Some 

 fifteen or twenty porters will be found necessary 

 as well, to help carry loads over bad places, to 

 keep watch at nights, and for a hundred and one 

 odd jobs. 



All the officials and residents in the country 

 will be found most obliging, and only too glad to 

 help with their advice or in any way to further 

 the requirements of the sportsman. 



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