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— where we now were — we could leave two men and 

 all spare loads. They were to stay here until Dolo 

 and his outfit returned and until Cuninghame got 

 back from his recruiting expedition. As soon as I 

 knew where my permanent camp was to be, I was to 

 send back here as many men as I could spare. These 

 would at once serve as guides and as help in moving 

 forward the spare stores. Then the outfit was to join 

 me at my "game camp." Cuninghame picked six 

 men, Kongoni as gunbearer. Soli as personal boy and 

 cook, and M 'ganga as diplomat and chief interpreter. 

 Dolo has six porters, Sulimani and the Toto on the 

 trail. There are two sick men back at Windy Camp, 

 and two are to be left here as keepers. That leaves me 

 fourteen. 



Since these hopes and plans are now fresh in the 

 readers' minds, I will here insert Cuninghame's notes 

 of his expedition. They are chronologically a bit mis- 

 placed, but they give a very vivid idea of the vicissi- 

 tudes of African travel, the reliabihty of African in- 

 formation, and the uncertainty of African plans. 



