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It had a 12-inch bellows extension, a front recessed 

 to hold a medium-sized telephoto lens (Ross tele- 

 centric 13-inch or Busch 16-inch), yet still capable 

 of accommodating a small 6-inch lens ]ike my 

 big Grandac-telephoto combination, which gave 

 with suitable bellows extension up to 35 inches 

 focal length. There were 30 dozen film packs 

 (plates have been regretfully discarded, as they are 

 apt to break), with sufficient tabloid and com- 

 pressed developing and fixing chemicals to deal 

 with these films and 100 prints. Two develop- 

 ing tanks and a daylight developing paper bag 

 were carried as well as canvas water bags to 

 hold cold developing water. To economize water 

 which is sometimes a precious fluid in the bush 

 a hypo eliminator like permanganate of potassium 

 was included in the outfit. 



The caravan consisted of two domestic servants 

 and twenty carriers, of whom seven were under- 

 sized and four of them mere boys. The loads 

 were so arranged that the four light ones were 

 carried by the youngsters and the others by the 

 bigger men. The only two Portuguese-speaking 

 natives were told off to carry the empty hammock, 

 and were under observation for use as gun-boys. 

 Their names were both Coque, so they were called 

 Coquc Primo and Coque Sccundo. 



The cook, Angus to, and the house-boy were 

 each given a rifle, the double-barrelled 0'500 bore 

 and the 0'333 Jeffrey Mauser, while I carried my 

 0'280 Ross magazine rifle for game on the road. 

 The tclephoto camera and case were carried 

 si r-nypcJ to UK; hammock, 

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