EXPENSE 



and twenty-five dollars, for two months, and in my case 

 it was an excellent investment. We might have got 

 along very well indeed with one, but we wanted results 

 more than economy. With a small safari this item 

 could be greatly reduced and perhaps omitted altogether, 

 but not wisely, I think. No one without experience 

 knows how to hunt in that country, and it is cheaper to 

 pay a guide than pay for your own blunders. Tested 

 from any American standpoint, the labor seemed very 

 cheap; the food supply was expensive, as you would 

 naturally expect in a new and remote country. Posho, 

 upon which jthe_negroes-^iib*ist, together with the game 

 you supply them, is coarsely ground corn. The principal 

 expense with reference to that lies in the number of por- 

 ters necessary to carry the same. If two sportsmen 

 occupy the same tent it saves the cost of one tent, one 

 tent-boy, and two porters. 



In many ways the expense may be toned down, but 

 hunting in Africa is a luxury and should be so treated; 

 the experience you have and the trophies you get make 

 it worth many ordinary vacations; economize on the 

 ordinary vacations and save up for this one. Whether 

 young or old, rich or poor, unacclimated in that strange 

 country, under a tropical sun, it is better to pay for 

 guides, and horses even, rather than risk taking it out 

 of your constitution. 



A very large item of expense comes from the cost of 

 curing, caring for, treating, and shipping your trophies. 

 It runs up into surprisingly large figures, but all this 

 can easily be saved by missing instead of hitting. 



There is no rest, nothing static in nature or in life; 



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