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from 3 to 10 apiece. I paid 113 for the lot in 

 Kassala, and sold them for 63 in Singa when the 

 trip was over, and may say that none of them was 

 sick or sorry during the period of seven months 

 during which I must have marched the camels 500 

 and the donkeys 700 miles. 



To load and attend to eleven camels, I employed 

 four camel-men at the rate of 1 10s. 'per mensem 

 apiece ; and a simple arithmetical calculation will 

 show how much cheaper purchase is than hire, for a 

 trip of any duration. In Kassala I also bought 

 milch-goats at 10s. apiece, and although I was warned 

 of the risk of Malta fever, I am not aware that I or 

 mine suffered by their milk, and consider that con- 

 densed milk need only be used for the long, waterless 

 stretches, across which it would be cruelty to drive 

 these useful creatures. 



South of Kassala it is death for domestic animals 

 to stray by night, as even if they escape leopards and 

 lions, they are certain to be hunted down by the packs 

 of hyaenas. Consequently a stout and long picketing- 

 rope should form part of the outfit of every traveller. 

 Mine was of Manilla hemp, 60 yards in length, and 

 stout enough for mountaineering purposes. Since 

 the camels are thus reduced to grazing by day, each 

 of my stud received 12 Ib. of dourra, the giant millet 

 or jowar of India, on full marching days of twenty 

 miles, and 6 Ib. for half-marches. The donkeys 



