TREKKING IN THE TROPICS 



with the indigenous peoples that it has elsewhere. It be- 

 hooves us, therefore, to give them of our best. 



Whatever the season of the year, whether in torrential 

 rains or glaring sun, in towns or trekking along tropic 

 trails, one's car is a means of protection, and that not 

 only from trying elements. It has largely eliminated 

 human strain, and enabled long journeys to be accom- 

 plished often in less numbers of days than it took months 

 before. It is a fact that the man without a car in Africa 

 today, whether he be native or European, in Government 

 employ or prospecting in business, is severely handi- 

 capped. This is generally recognized by all who have 

 had first-hand trekking in the Tropics. 



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