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To give an idea of the organization of a field party 

 of the sort we were now working with I list the 

 following : 



Natives 

 Philip Percival, white hunter, boy and gun- 

 bearer 2 



Osa and Martin Johnson, two boys 2 



Pomeroy, boy, gun-bearer and skinner 3 



Stewart, boy, gim-bearer 2 



G. Eastman, boy, two gun-bearers and 



skinner 4 



Chauffeur and helper (Boer) i 



Head man (this is the man who had one eye 

 clawed out by a leopard in the Stewart 



Edward White party) i 



Cook I 



Porters 12 



Syces .0 2 



Total Natives 30 



Total Whites — 7 (including chauffeur who is a 

 Dutchman and eats by himself). 



Mr. Eastman is, of course, one of the industrial 

 leaders of the world. Imagine our surprise when we 

 discovered that he had not devoted all his talents to 

 the perfection of the kodak. We found him an 

 expert cook who could prepare for us on the camp 

 stove coffee, biscuit, muffins, graham gems, com 

 bread, lemon tarts and huckleberry pie as good as 

 we had ever eaten. Percival offered the millionaire 



