Preparations for the Journey 



IV, Personal Materials 



Ten tents (three loads each) 



Two awnings 



Ten beds 



Chairs and tables 



Washing-utensils, pail, stand 



Rope 



Petroleum 



Washing soap ... 



Candles (320 lb.) 



Cooking apparatus 



Food-baskets 



Filters, pump-kettles and stra 



Cigars 



Four patrol tents 



Washing-bags with sheets and bed 



Provisions 



Beverages 



Flour, rice, etc. 



Reserve loads 



ners, boiler floats, etc. 



men 



LOADS 



2 



ro 



14 

 10 



3 

 8 



3 

 8 



4 

 3 

 I 



9 



4 



10 



200 



180 



180 



50 



As it would have been out of the question to convey this 

 vast number of chests and cases along with us by means of one 

 big bearer column, I ordered the most indispensable portion off 

 to Bukoba, and the remaining and larger part to Entebbe. 

 Finding, too, that it would be exceedingly difficult to provide 

 adequately for any length of time for such a caravan as ours, 

 more especially as we were to traverse districts where but little 

 sustenance would be obtainable for our 7CK) men. Lieutenant von 

 Wiese proposed to establish stations along the line of march, 

 which would be visited at stated periods by supplementary 

 caravans despatched from Entebbe. These extra caravans were 

 to be chiefly employed in conveying commissariat for the 

 Europeans and bearers, loads of goods for barter and scientific 

 apparatus, etc. This disposition worked out capitally ; all the 

 caravans, excepting one, reached their destined stations at the 



