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Whoever has time and ability will often be able to get fresh 

 meat by going out shooting, while near the rivers fresh fish is 

 often to be had. For those who are able in this way to suit them- 

 selves to the country, there is indeed no troublesome food-question 

 and moreover the expenses are very low. 



Whoever does not like this or cannot do it, has to take recourse 

 to tins, wbich are always heavy and expensive to carry and the 

 supply of which is difficult or impossible. Fruit is often rare and 

 depends on the season. For those who want to eat fruit regularly, 

 the tins of Californian fruit are indispensable. 



9. PACKING. 



On journeys inland no heavy or bulky objects should be carried 

 along. If they are inevitable for some reason or other, they should 

 by any means be made in such a way that they can be taken to 

 pieces. Every individual object must not weigh more than one man 

 can carry; the transport of objects by 2 or more people on sticks 

 (peekolans) is only fit for good roads, and even then the traveller 

 is by no means sure of finding people willing to carry loads in 

 that way. In many parts the native carries the load in a rotan 

 basket or in other cases by a sling round his forehead or across 

 his shoulders and breast. Those loads for one man must not exceed 

 16 KG. in mountainous regions and 20 KG. on level ground. Chi- 

 nese people can carry more, and those are paid as agreed and ac- 

 cording to weight. 



If forced travelling is necessary, diminishing of loads, i.e. increase 

 of carriers or leaving behind goods is required. 



At every departure the way of packing should be personally 

 superintended aud good care should be taken that the loads are 

 divided fairly and not changed on the way, especially if this is 

 detrimental to the objects. Though wilful damage will seldom 

 occur, few natives have a notion of what is meant by careful 

 treatment. A simple Chinese balance (datjin, big model) or a 

 Salter's spring balance are necessary to make the apportioning 

 of the loads as accurate as possible and to convince complainers 

 of fairness. 



Kerosine-oil is carried in the tins used in the Indies; the tra- 

 veller should pay attention that it is not wasted in lighting fires. 

 The undamageable should be put loose in the basket after noting 

 the quantity and kind, and the carrier should be made responsible 



