Meramana and Zomba to Liwonde 



had recommended us to do. We were tempted to 

 do so at the time, but as it would have taken us out 

 of our route we thought it best to adhere to the 

 plan decided upon, which was to look for kudu 

 in the neighbourhood of Manga, for sable in the 

 country between Dedza and Lilongwe, and for 

 eland on the Bua River. 



During these two days I was well occupied 

 superintending camp arrangements and getting the 

 servants into a regular routine. We had told John 

 always to pitch our tents end to end with a space of 

 about three yards between them ; and we joined 

 the flaps together and roofed the extra space with a 

 waterproof sheet or blanket. The front tent was 

 our dining-room and the other our bedroom. I had 

 now to show John and Edward how I liked the 

 boxes and furniture arranged. The two mule 

 trunks were placed one at the head of each bed, 

 the store boxes at the doors of the outer tent, 

 the ammunition and wine cases inside the dining- 

 tent, etc. The same arrangement was daily 

 adhered to. 



I had to explain to ** Cooky " the system he was 

 to adopt with regard to our meals. He gave no 

 trouble whatever, and very soon got into our ways. 

 As we very rarely breakfasted in camp, our break- 

 fast was usually cold, and generally consisted of 

 hard-boiled eggs, potted meat, or sardines, bread 

 and butter, and cold tea. We were very fortunate 

 in being nearly always able to buy eggs, and were 

 rarely without them. Fresh bread we had daily, 

 for ** Cooky" was a capital baker. We always 



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