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well-organized firm of Messrs. Newland, Tarlton & Co. 

 ready to fit him out with all the necessary transport, 

 native carriers, guides, and native hunters, so that he 

 has all worry and trouble taken off his shoulders. 



It is to this firm that much of the glamour East 

 Africa has, as a game country, is due, and they take 

 every care to see that the stranger gets good sport 

 and every comfort in return for his money. 



Being Lost. — Being lost has already been men- 

 tioned in Chapter I ; but as this is one of the worst 

 and most nerve-destroying things that can befall the 

 traveller, a few further remarks will not be out of 

 place. 



It is not always realized immediately that one is 

 lost ; but when it dawns upon the hunter that he not 

 only does not know exactly where he is, but does not 

 even know the direction in which he ought to turn 

 to regain his whereabouts or his camp, he is liable to 

 lose his head completely, think himself farther afield 

 than he really is, do the most idiotic things, and end 

 by walking or running himself to a standstill and dies 

 from pure exhaustion and madness brought on by 

 unnecessary fright and panic, as has happened to many 

 a good traveller and even experienced hunter. Cases 

 could be cited where deaths have occurred, or the lost 

 and recovered men been unhinged for some days after 

 being brought back. 



The first and foremost thing is to keep cool and 

 collected (by no means an easy matter), for therein 



