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I have not mentioned soda-water, as the average Ceylon sports- 

 man will not think of attempting to take such bulky stuff into the 

 jungle with him, owing to transport difficulties. 



" Sparklets " and soda tabloids could, however, be used instead 

 with advantage. 



Coming now to the question of cost, a Ceylon man like myself, 

 having coolies and carts available, and knowing " the ropes," can get 

 things done for a fraction of what it will cost a stranger. 



I pay for a cart Rs.2 per day, which includes a pair of bulls, their 

 food, and two men and their food, but not including tolls on the 

 road, if any, which I pay. 



In the Hambantota district (Southern Province), with Govern- 

 ment-supervised trackers, a stranger could get a cart at the above 

 rates, or even cheaper, but anywhere else he would probably be 

 charged Rs-5 per day, plus every extra which could be crammed in. 



My own coolies get their " names " in the estate check-roll 

 charged to me as " lent labour," and I also feed them on the journey, 

 which brings the cost per cooly to about 45 to 50 cents per day. I 

 usually have three or four of my own men only. 



Trackers get R.I per day, plus perhaps a little extra at the end 

 of a good trip. 



Carriers in parts of the North Central Province have lately put 

 their price up to R. i per day, owing to rumours of high payments to 

 others by injudicious strangers ; but, as they only need to be used for 

 a couple of days or so, that is not a great matter. 



My regular rate was 5 cents per day and food, and quite 

 enough too. 



Here is the actual cost of a trip taken by myself and a friend, 

 which may be accepted as a fair average of such excursions : 



Rupees. 



Three coolies for nineteen days . . . 21.60 



Feeding, and a little extra .. . . 11.05 



Cart, nineteen days at Rs.2 . . . 38.00 



Tolls (six) . , . . . . 3.00 



Our rest-house expenses . . . . . 27.55 



Carriers, trackers, &c. ..... 71.25 



All provisions (not necessarily all consumed) . 81.78 



Total . , . . Rs. 254.23 



The above would mean ten days' travelling and shooting for 

 myself and friend, and nineteen or twenty days for the coolies, as 

 they leave days before, and return days after, us. It thus works out 



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