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would be relieved of the anxiety of preparation, 

 and it is hardly likely that he would ever regret hav- 

 ing taken this course. The dealings of our safari 

 with Messrs. Newland and Tarlton were most satis- 

 factory in all respects and the charges they made 

 were entirely reasonable. To the one who desires 

 to make this trip in this, the simplest way, there is 

 the need of giving only one suggestion: Let him 

 write to one of the outfitting firms, stating the 

 length of time that he can spend in the field, the 

 class of game that he chiefly wishes to get, the num- 

 ber of white men in his party, and the season of the 

 year that he plans to be in Africa. The outfitters 

 will then answer, giving all the particulars of cost 

 and equipment. This is the course that I should 

 recommend for the average hunter who has had no 

 previous experience in Africa. It will save him the 

 trouble of making an endless amount of prepara- 

 tion, much of which will be useless because of his 

 ignorance of conditions in that field of sport. 



In the case of our own safari, we bought our 

 guns, tents, ammunition, foods and entire equip- 

 ment in London and had it shipped to Nairobi. 

 This equipment contemplated a trip of six months 

 in the field, and included sixty-five "chop boxes" of 

 sixty pounds each, containing foods. These chop 

 boxes were of wood, with lids and locks, twenty of 

 which were tin lined for use in packing specimens 

 later in the trip, and all marked with bands of vari- 

 ous colors to identify their contents. The boxes 

 contained the following supplies : 



