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CHAPTER XIII 



CAMPS, TRANSPORT, ETC 

 BY CLIVE PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY 



IT is not possible to devise a camp outfit which would suffice 

 in all climates and under every condition of travel, and for that 

 reason a few notes on the special outfit necessary for each 

 country have been given where requisite. 



But, although different climates require different camp 

 equipment, there are many things common to camp life all 

 over the globe, and a brief sketch of the needs and shifts of 

 such a life in temperate, tropical and arctic countries may at 

 any rate serve as a basis upon which to found a plan of cam- 

 paign in any country. 



It must be understood from the outset that these notes are 

 for the hunter and not for the scientific explorer, whose needs 

 are excellently cared for in the Royal Geographical Society's 

 ' Hints to Travellers, 'and that the beau-ideal hunter is he who 

 can accomplish most with the least assistance from anyone else. 

 The most perfect outfit is that which, while it contains all things 

 really necessary to success, includes no superfluities, and is in 

 the highest degree portable. 



The cost of hiring help in different countries has of course 

 an immense effect upon the nature of the camp equipment 

 employed, and what would be but a beggarly outfit in India 

 where you pay your beaters $d. per diem would be extravagantly 

 luxurious in British Columbia where you pay your Indians 

 \\ dollar a day. 



