Chapter ITI. 



of inquisitive children and adults. Here the cases were opened, 

 and their contents verified and inventoried. The whole camp 

 outfit, including tents, beds, sleeping bags, stools, tables, baths, 

 cooking utensils, the hermetically sealed cases containing 

 clothing ; the photographic materials, and the materials for the 

 zoological, botanical and mineralogical collections ; the arms and 

 ammunition, formed 114 loads weighing about 47 lbs. each, all 

 numbered and so marked as to be immediately recognizable. 



A lULLY BIT OF ROAD. 



The commissariat formed 80 additional loads of the same 

 weight, eacli one of wliicli contained rations for 12 persons 

 during one day. Tlie suj)plies had l)een laid in on a calcidation 

 of a sojourn of 40 days above the siiow-liniit, and of a period of 

 the same lengtli Ix-low, to allow for the journey from Entebbe 

 to the mountains and ])ack. The rations were in tin boxes, 

 soldered and enclosed in thin wooden boards. Tlie only differ- 

 ence between the liigh-mountain latlons and those for the lower 

 regions was tliat tlif latter were without tinned m(\it, because 



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