2l6 OBJECTIONS TO HUNTING ON MARCHES. 



Halts with a train of laden pack mules or cattle 

 hitched up in the waggons, also materially increase the 

 fatigue and length of the march, and diminish the periods 

 necessary for feeding and resting, before the journey 

 has to be resumed. On no account therefore should pack 

 animals be delayed by halts, unless they can be unladen. 



If hunting and travelling are to go on concurrently, it 

 will in consequence generally be necessary to be provided 

 with good horses, and one or more attendants to assist 

 the hunters when required, and help in packing in the 

 game. It will however actually be found far more 

 advantageous to halt and rest the animals for a day 

 or two in camp, in some place near good grass and 

 water, where the prospects of obtaining game are 

 promising, and from thence sally out to collect trophies 

 and lay in supplies of meat, some of which can be 

 salted or dried and carried on for the use of the party. 



If however game is plentiful, it will generally be 

 sufficient to go into camp early in the afternoon, when 

 enough can be obtained to supply the wants of the 

 party without interfering with the progress of the journey 

 on the morrow. 



Also, when the camp is fixed at some known spot, 

 it is easier for guides to lead the sportsmen back to it 

 than to depend upon cutting in upon the trail, and 

 overtaking the party before darkness shuts out the 

 chance of being able to distinguish the trail of those 

 who have gone on ahead. 



These considerations among others therefore, gener- 

 ally point to the conclusion that it is at best a question- 

 able policy to make a general habit of hunting while 

 the party is on the move. There will be occasions 

 when it is necessary and proper, but these will mostly 



