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(Master’s) tent. On the march one leads the caravan, the 
other brings up the rear; they give assistance in the event 
of any trouble with the loads, see that no desertions take 
place allow no straggling, and generally do what they can 
to protect the caravan. They are each armed with an old 
snider rifle and 10 rounds of ball cartridge, and are gene- 
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rally very dangerous men to their friends when they take 
it into their heads to fire their weapons. 
The ordinary porters will carry their 60-lb. loads day in 
and day out without complaint, so long as they are well 
fed ; but stint them of their rice, and they at once become 
sulky mutineers. In addition to carrying the loads, they 
pitch and strike camp, procure firewood and water, and 
build grass huts if a stay of more than a day is intended to 
be made at one place. On the whole, the Swahili porter is 
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