THE SAFARI 



The cooks and personal boys travel light, their work 

 beginning at the outspan when the carriers are resting. 

 Really their job is no easy one. There is plenty of 

 work for these cooks and personal boys when the 

 white men are doing things comfortably, and, after 

 all, why should one not study comfort ? It is not 

 as if East Africa were in the pioneer stage. There is 

 always the railway a little way off, even though there 

 are various Hons and rhino between you and the 

 line. 



As a rule the tents are pitched in a circle, the white 

 men's tents being grouped together. Next to them 

 will be the cook's quarters, where all the meals are 

 prepared. Personal boys sleep under their employer's 

 verandah. The carriers' tents complete the ring. 

 Every here and there are huge fires, which the 

 watchmen tend, for one is always on the alert for the 

 possible lion. Horses and dogs are tied up in the 

 middle of the encampment. 



This was tha arrangement on the first night of that 

 trip. I think most of the party slept well on that 

 occasion, for it had been a very heavy day for all. 



We had some luck the first day out. Of course, 

 it was yet too early to expect to find Hon and rhino, 

 though both of them generally come unexpectedly, 

 but we did find wart-hog. I was very glad, because 

 it gave me at once an opportunity of seeing whether 

 my American companions, Mr. Jones and his two 



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