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_ under curtains, as, even if there are no mosquitoes, sand- 
- flies, or other noxious insects about, curtains help to keep off 
miasma to a very great extent. Before having the mosquito 
curtains removed in the morning, it is a good thing to take 
a cup of coffee or cocoa before getting out of bed, as I believe 
when so fortified a man is less liable to the influences of 
miasma, which, if floating about at all, is worse just when 
getting up, between 4 and 5 a.M., than at any other time. 
_ A good, well-assorted medicine chest is a sine gua non. 
All medicines should be, if possible, in compressed tabloid 
form. Messrs. Burroughs & Wellcome, of Snow Hill, Holborn, 
supply every kind of chest suitable for African travel. For 
the porters, &c., an extra supply of certain medicines should be 
taken out, such as spirits of nitre, quinine, chlorodyne, ipecac- 
uanha, Warburgh’s tincture, castor oil, laudanum, extract of 
‘male fern for tapeworm (a common complaint amongst 
them), powdered sulphur (for itch, also a common and most 
‘disagreeable complaint), a few bottles of Elliman, iodoform (for 
_ ulcers and sores), and a good cough mixture in a concentrated 
STORES, ETC. 
Although European stores, wines, and spirits of every kind 
__ are obtainable at Mombasa, I should recommend everybody 
_ intending to go out on a sporting trip to take a certain amount 
_ of stores with them, particularly those which would come under 
_ the head of medical comforts, such as Brand’s soups and 
_ extracts, arrowroot, champagne, brandy, and port wine. Other 
___ Stores for ordinary use which can be purchased at Mombasa are 
not always fresh, and as there is very little difference between 
_ the price of those taken from England, including the freight 
_ out, and of those bought on the spot, I am in favour of taking 
_ everything from home. The quantity to be taken depends 
entirely on the length of the trip and the individual tastes of 
the sportsmen. The kinds usually taken are soups, erbswurst 
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