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HINTS ON TRAVELLING AND CAMP EQUIPMENT. 



the coolies supplied are sure to be old or infirm, and they will probably either break down 

 or throw away their loads on the march. Under such circumstances it will be found that 

 the load abandoned or left behind is one of those most urgently required in camp — in nine 

 cases out of ten, cooking utensils, bedding, or tent ! 



I do not think that any sportsman, whose baggage is well selected and properly arranged 

 should require more than twelve coolies, the weight of each man's load being not more than 

 70 lbs. at the outside. 



They would be thus accounted for — 



Tent ... ... ... 1 



Bedding 



Servants' tent 



Servants' bedding 



Clothes, books, &c. 



Cooking utensils 



Stores and sundries 



Guns 



Total ... 12 



In very out of the way places, where food has to be carried for all hands for several 

 days, additional coolies would, of course, be required. 



Having stated what I consider to be about the amount of baggage which should be 

 taken, I will now proceed to describe the camp equipment which I have found to best com- 

 bine the requirements of portability and utility. I may as well mention, however, that the 

 most careful arrangement of loads will be labor lost, unless the strictest supervision is 

 exercised over native servants ; who, unless constantly looked after, will daily alter the dis- 

 position of the coolies' burdens, and accumulate rubbish of all sorts with most aggravating 

 pertinacity. 



When starting on a shooting trip, the first march should invariably be a short one, and 

 after arrival in camp the baggage should be carefully inspected and overhauled, all useless 

 and superfluous articles being ruthlessly destroyed. Similar inspections should be made 

 from time to time at uncertain intervals, as thus alone will everything be kept in its proper 

 place. 



Tents. 

 After a very long experience of camp life under all sorts of conditions, I have adopted the 

 tent of which a photograph is given, and have found it answer every purpose in all 

 climates. It is light, portable, weather-proof, and sufficiently roomy for a sportsman's wants. 

 The following are the dimensions : — 



ft. ins. 

 Height ... ...70 



Length ... ...76 



Width at base ... 10 o 



