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and so able to buy as you go along. At Mwanza or Musoma 

 engage savages to carry the rest of your potio supply. This 

 can be best done through the German official; and to enlist 

 his support you should have letters from somebody. These 

 savages you will send forward — in charge of two of your 

 own men — with instructions to carry the potio to a desig- 

 nated point; there to deposit it, and immediately to return. 

 Somewhere up the Bologonja on route (a), and somewhere 

 on the Serengetti on route (b). Then whenever you are in 

 permanent camp anywhere in the game country — as you 

 often will be — you can relay on extra supplies of potio from 

 this central depot. All this takes a bit of figuring, to be 

 sure; but it is not fatally complicated. 



If you recruit at Nairobi, I should advise you to get your 

 men through Newland Tarlton & Company. Their small 

 recruiting fee is well worth while. If possible get them to 

 include one of the following men: M'ganga, Memba Sasa, 

 Kongoni, Maliyabwana, Sanguiki, Dolo, or Sulimani. They 

 have all been through this country, and are intelUgent. 



Customs: Are lo per cent, on entering a German port. 

 The duty on a great many articles is refunded when you 

 leave the country. You will have to bond your goods 

 through from Mombasa in order to avoid paying British 

 duty as well. You must enter and depart from German 

 territory via a customs house. 



Licenses: Must be procured in advance through the 

 German consul at Mombasa. This must be arranged for 

 by correspondence, as there are many delays. Send to the 

 Foreign Office — or whatever they call it — at Berlin for 

 copies of the latest regulations. 



