8 SAFARI 



movie and still, but I make a specialty of having the 

 best lenses money can buy. I still feel that no skin, 

 head, book or other trophy of an explorer's journey can 

 measure up in importance with an artistically made 

 photograph. All my lenses are ground to order and 

 each one thoroughly tested before I pack it. 



Our reservations were in a small hotel that we 

 usually patronize in London, and we were soon 

 up to oiu: necks in work, buying and packing the 

 equipment that we still needed. I spent most of 

 my time rushing about inspecting tents, beds, tables, 

 water bottles, waterproof bags, and other equipment 

 that was not available in Africa. I had found by 

 experience that I needed bags that were really water- 

 proof, beds larger than the usual little narrow cot, 

 chairs that would not come to pieces in six months, 

 and water bottles that would really hold water. And, 

 above all, I wanted them made so that they would 

 pack tight in loads of sixty pounds for our porters' 

 packs. 



In the end we had a total of over 250 cases and 

 crates containing tents, beds, tarpaulins, chairs, 

 tables, ground cloths, waterproof bags, canvas, 

 fishing rods, cameras, acids, developers, gims, revol- 

 vers, rifles, and a thousand et ceteras it would take 

 too long to mention. 



It was strange, too, when one considers that we 

 had come to Africa to study her wild life in a free and 



