OUTFIT AND CAMP EQUIPMENT 35 



Portuguese East Africa, chickens varied in price from 

 2s. each to eight for a shilling, and eggs from 2s. 6d. 

 a dozen to four a penny, according to the distance 

 from the towns ; pigs in remote villages could be had 

 for 4s. 6d., and the mealie meal for the men worked 

 out exceedingly cheap, and being able to pick it up 

 at intervals entailed fewer carriers than would have 

 been required had the whole food for each trip been 

 purchased outright. 



Although in nine out of ten shooting trips much 

 of the food can be obtained on the spot, the tenth 

 may demand the taking of practically everything, so 

 that a table giving a good approximate idea of what 

 a white man requires per week will be a guide on 

 which the calculations could be based : 



Per week, per man. — 8 lb. of flour, i lb. of sugar 

 (some of this at least may be in the form of saccha- 

 rine) ; 8 oz. of tea and coffee, 7 oz. of salt, 4 lb. of 

 fruit and vegetables, 2\ lb. of potatoes, 2\ lb. of bacon, 

 I lb. 6 oz. of Quaker oats, and about 3J lb. of meat. 



Per tnontli, per man. — About \\ oz. of pepper, 8 

 oz. of soap for personal use and say 16 oz. for 

 washing clothes ; with this, allowance must be made 

 for the men wasting it, and using it for cleaning the 

 cooking pots and their own clothes. 



For a hard smoker allow one box of matches a 

 day at least. One candle per day should be ample, 

 and care should be taken that these fit the lamp 

 that has been selected. 



