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carry in what game may later be shot by the white 

 men. 



Then, lowest in the social scale, are the saises, or 

 grooms. There is one for each mule or horse, of 

 which we had four. The sais is always at hand to 

 hold the mount and is supposed to take care of it 

 after hours. 



The foregoing members of our personally con- 

 ducted party, therefore, included : 



Head-man 1 Tent Boys 4 



Gunbearers 4 Porters 80 



Askaris 4 Saises 4 



Cook 1 "Totos" 20 



The head-man and the four gunbearers get sev- 

 enty-five rupees a month, the askaris fifteen rupees, 

 the cook forty rupees, the tent boys twenty and 

 twenty-five rupees, depending upon experience, 

 the porters ten rupees, and the saises twelve rupees. 

 The totos get nothing except food and lodging, as 

 well as experience, which may be valuable when 

 they grow up to be porters at ten rupees a month. 

 A rupee is about thirty-three cents American. 

 We were also required by law to provide a water 

 bottle, blanket, and sweater for each porter, as well 

 as uniforms and water bottles, shoes and blankets 

 for all the other members of the party. We also 

 supplied twenty tents for them. 



For the first day or two on safari there may be 

 little hitches and delays, but after a short time the 

 work is reduced to a beautiful system, and camp is 

 broken or pitched in a remarkably short time. The 



