48 THROUGH ANGOLA 



On my Northern Angolan journey I marched 

 with full equipment and twenty carriers, and 

 with five men and emergency kit from Central 

 to South Angola. 



My clothing consisted of a soft felt hat, a 

 khaki coat, three strong khaki " bush " shirts with 

 large pockets, and three pairs of strong drill 

 trousers made to loop up into " shorts " during the 

 day, or let down over the gaiters as a protection 

 from mosquitoes and when passing through fly 

 country. With this kit \vcre half a dozen cotton 

 vests, a dozen pairs of strong woollen socks (a 

 size too large, to allow for shrinking), pyjamas, 

 towels, handkerchiefs, and other necessaries, and 

 two spare pairs of strong boots fitted with Phillips' 

 soles. All this personal kit was usually packed 

 in the Wolsclcy valise made of kapok, which, 

 thouoii onlv weiffliino 1 lb.. is warm enough to 



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render blankets unnecessary. 



The camp furniture consisted of a light tent 

 (on this trip it was a bigger one than usual), a fold- 

 ino- chair, and a mosauito room to erect within 



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the tent, besides a mosquito bed curtain ; on 

 emergency marches the valise and small curtain 

 alone accompany me. My gun included a 

 Jeffrey 0*333 and Ross 0'280 magazine rifle, each 

 with 150 cartridges, a double O'oOO cordite (for 

 emergency and moral support, for I practically 

 never use it), wivh 50 cartridge . a pair of x6 bino- 

 culars, prismatic compass, books (preferably poetry 

 and works of science), notebooks, and a photo- 

 graphic outfit. The latter consisted of a quarter- 

 plate box " Hefl^x " camera of my own design. 



