30 SPORT IN THE EASTERN SUDAN 



pound is equivalent to 1 Os. 6d. sterling, and 100 

 piastres = 1 E, so that 1 piastre =2|d. Telegraphic 

 facilities exist for the remittance of money, so that 

 if one banks one's cash, say with the Government, 

 it will never be necessary to carry more than 50 or 

 so for current expenses, and a source of temptation to 

 bad characters will be removed, the Arms Act being 

 so strictly enforced in the Sudan that theft of rifles 

 is unheard of. Nor did I personally have to complain 

 of any species of peculation. 



One's cooking utensils and plates should be entirely 

 of aluminium, when a soup and dinner plate combined 

 will form an excellent hot-water plate. One saddle- 

 bag should contain a small but compact cooking 

 outfit, with which the sportsman can prepare his own 

 breakfast on the march. I prefer enamelled cups for 

 drinking, and knives, forks, spoons, muffineers, etc., 

 to taste. A tablecloth is a superfluity, but napkins 

 should not be forgotten. 



There now remains the important question of 

 stores. My own tastes are on the side of simplicity, 

 but it is undoubtedly the worst of economy to stint 

 oneself in the commissariat, and my object, when 

 travelling in wild countries, has always been to 

 provide very much what I should like to see upon my 

 table during the cold weather in a station in India. I 

 believe firmly in strict abstention with regard to 

 alcohol, and extreme moderation in respect of tobacco. 



