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serves the labour of tent-making, packing, washing, 

 and general service performed by his tent boy, he 

 abandons the notion that that individual could just 

 as well take care of the horse as well, especially as 

 the horse has to have all his grass cut and brought to 

 him. At evening our friend has a hot bath, a long 

 cool fizzly drink of lime juice and soda; he puts on 

 the clean clothes laid out for him, assumes soft mos- 

 quito boots, and sits down to dinner. This is 

 served to him in courses, and on enamel ware. Each 

 course has its proper-sized plate and cutlery. He 

 s carts with soup, goes down through tinned white- 

 bait or other fish, an entree, a roast, perhaps a 

 curry, a sweet, and small coffee. He is certain- 

 ly being "done well," and he enjoys the comfort 

 of it. 



There comes a time when he begins to wonder a 

 little. It is all very pleasant, of course, and perhaps 

 very necessary; they all tell him it is. But, after all, 

 it is a little galling to the average man to think that 

 it requires a hundred and fifty men to take care of 

 him. Your Englishman doesn't mind that; he en- 

 joys being taken care of: but the sportsman of Amer- 

 ican training likes to stand on his own feet as far as 

 he is able and conditions permit. Besides, it is ex- 

 pensive. Besides that, it is a confounded nuisance, 

 especially when potio gives out and more must be 



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