CAMP SERVANTS 



master's comfort, if he should take as well a third 

 servant who is able also to cook a little in case 

 of need. For each horse or pony which he may 

 take out, he will require a syce (or groom) and 

 a grass-cutter (usually the wife or female friend 

 of the syce), except in localities wherein grass 

 can be purchased in camp, in which case I should 

 recommend that the grass-cutter be dispensed with. 



A Mahomedan, if procurable, or, failing him, a 

 native of some sort who is thoroughly versed in 

 the pitching, packing, and drying of tents, should 

 accompany the camp, and in places in which the 

 sportsman travels by bullock-coach, he can be 

 occupied during marches in driving the latter. 



If two or three sportsmen should be out together, 

 one personal servant apiece, with a cook and an 

 under servant, in addition to the horses' attendants, 

 will be ample for comfort. In the latter case, one 

 of the personal servants must be entrusted with 

 the general care of the camp arrangements and 

 of the table, and the others be clearly made to 

 understand that they are to obey him. 



The usual wages of the different classes of 

 servants in Southern India, while in headquarters, 

 are appended, the rupee being calculated as 

 equivalent to one shilling and fourpence. It 

 must be remembered, however, that all servants 

 expect a special allowance to cover the additional 

 cost to which living apart from their families (if 

 they possess such), and in some cases the higher 

 price of provisions in out-of-the-way places, may 

 entail upon them. This used to cost me, in 



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