A Thousand Miles in a Machilla 



Loads. Loads. 



Many of these were much under weight, a 

 necessary precaution when starting on a shooting 

 trip, as it allows for the carriage of such heads and 

 skins as may be procured, though the daily ex- 

 penditure of stores, wine, and ammunition will also 

 make room for these extras. 



Our six store, or **chop" boxes as they are 

 called, were each made up to carry exactly one 

 weeks supply of groceries, such as tea, coffee, 

 cocoa, sugar, rice, macaroni, lard, flour, biscuits, 

 sardines, tinned whitebait, fruit, and vegetables, to 

 last us the six weeks we expected to be on the 

 road to Fort Jameson, another ten boxes being 

 sent there direct by the African Lakes Company, 

 together with the trunk containing our civilized 

 clothes for the remainder of bur journey. 



When the loads are made up they are distributed 

 to the carriers, who sit round anxiously watching 

 the proceedings and speculating what their fate is 

 to be. The strongest, most willing, and tractable 

 men should always be selected to carry the tents 

 and bedding bundles; it is as well to insist also on 

 their marching at the head of the caravan. How 

 the other loads are allotted does not so much matter, 

 provided the weakest men are given the lightest. 



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