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list but little different from that of his Rocky Moun- 

 tain trips. Some few items he has cut down; and 

 some he has substituted; but bulk and weight are 

 the same. For his three months' trip he has four or 

 five chop boxes all told. 



And then suddenly he finds that thus he has made 

 a reduction all along the line. Tent load, two men; 

 grub and kitchen, five men; personal, one man; bed, 

 one man; miscellaneous, one or two. There is now 

 no need for headmen and askaris to handle this 

 little lot. Twenty more to carry food for the men 

 — he is off with a quarter the number of his first 

 "modest safari." 



You who are sportsmen and are not going to 

 Africa, as is the case with most, will perhaps read 

 this, because we are always interested in how the 

 other fellow does it. To the few who are intending 

 an exploration of the dark continent this concen- 

 tration of a year's experience may be valuable. 

 Remember to sleep off the ground, not to starve 

 yourself, to protect yourself from the sun, to let 

 negroes do all hard work but marching and hunting. 

 Do these things your own way, using your common- 

 sense on how to get at it. You'll be all right. 



That, I conceive, covers the case. The remainder 

 of your equipment has to do with camp affairs, and 

 merely needs listing. The question here is not of 



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