FITNESS AND GENERAL HEALTH 3 



But for the average beginner, who is ofif on his first 

 big-game shoot, it may or should be quite a different 

 matter. He may arrive at the port of disembarkation 

 feeling lazy, soft, and slack, and remain longer than 

 necessary in the towns, leading the same life. When 

 he does get to work the end may be that malaria 

 will grip his unfit system and wreck the expedition 

 he has so long looked forward to. 



However, there is no need to go to the other extreme, 

 but just to exercise that sense that should be desig- 

 nated as "uncommon sense"; as a rule people are seen 

 doing their best to make it more rare than common. 



Have good ordinary meals and take ample exercise 

 both morning and afternoon, avoid the siesta, go to 

 bed at a reasonable hour and do not over-drink or 

 take very cold or very iced beverages, as not only is 

 ice in the tropics bad, but it will not be obtained on 

 the trek. Join the deck games, giving preference to 

 those that give good healthy movement, such as deck 

 tennis or cricket. 



On leaving the boat the hunter will find he is quite 

 fit and feeling infinitely better than when he left 

 London behind him. 



At all times, from the day England is left to the 

 day the expedition ends, watch yourself carefully and 

 see that the whole system is in thorough working order. 

 If this is done and colds are not caught, the traveller 

 need have little fear of not coming unscathed through 

 even quite bad malarial districts. 



