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to eighty compact bundles which include the food 

 for the porters, the ant-proof food boxes with our 

 own food, and the horns and skins of our trophies. 

 The work of breaking camp is reduced to a science. 

 Our gunbearers are waiting and the saises with 

 the mules are in readiness. So we start off, usually 



Our Safari on the March 



walking the first hour or two, with gunbearers and 

 saises and mules trailing along behind. Soon after- 

 ward we look back to see the long procession of 

 porters following along in single file. Our tent 

 boys carry our third rifle, and behind them all comes 

 the head-man, ready to spur on any lagging porters. 

 The early morning hours are bright and cool, 



