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tunity of impressing my young sporting 

 friends with the importance of adopting 

 this plan if the loads are to be carried on 

 men's backs. We met a party of three 

 officers, afterwards, who were also on a 

 shooting expedition, and they were always 

 in a state of confusion ; if a little powder 

 or a box of caps were wan ted, then the whole 

 eighteen loads would have to be opened, 

 and most probably the required article 

 would be found in the last load. I need 

 not suggest that it is equally necessary to 

 replace the packet in the same load when 

 it is done with. 



It took us some time to load all the 

 men and get them off, but our head man 

 had had much experience in this sort of 

 travelling ; he gave each coolie and his 

 parcel a number, telling the man that if 

 he lost or mislaid his load he would get 



