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course go into the khajawahs, but larger skins, when 

 very dry, are liable to serious damage on bending, to 

 say nothing of the fact that the bacon-beetle detests 

 air and sunlight. 



Every sportsman should, I think, provide himself 

 with a 300-lb. Salter's Spring Balance, not only in 

 order to test his camel-loads, but also for the purpose 

 of weighing his game ; and if he has an adequate 

 number of camels, no excuse should be allowed to 

 serve his shikaris if they neglect to bring the whole 

 of any animal smaller than a roan antelope into his 

 camp upon a camel's back. 



Arabs give no trouble over the " halaling " of 

 game. They love to eat meat, and the throat of the 

 animal may be cut when you like, and how you like. 

 In fact, it need not always be cut at all, as in the case 

 of the hippopotamus. Indeed, my Indian cook told 

 me in horror that these Arab Mahommedans would 

 eat pig ! It is well known that Indian Mahommedans 

 carry the teachings of the Prophet in this respect to a 

 point which I have always found exceedingly annoy- 

 ing, and the flesh-food of my two Indian servants in 

 the Sudan consisted consequently almost entirely of 

 guinea-fowl. Otherwise the Arabs live chiefly on 

 dourra, and care little for vegetables. I fed my 

 Indian servants mainly on rice and pulse, and found 

 that 300 Ib. of rice lasted the two men and myself 

 for seven months. I also gave them sugar, tea, 



