CHAPTEE XX. 

 HINTS ON OUTFIT AND EXPENSES. 



TT is almost or quite impossible to give such a 

 -*- list of items as would be complete and sufficient 

 for the outfit of every traveller in every part of 

 East Africa. 



The essential point is to know how much time 

 one has at one's disposal, and also exactly Avhat 

 one wishes to do. 



I think the most important general advice that 

 I can give is to have all arrangements worked out 

 down to the smallest detail, even to the number 

 of bootlaces and penknives that one intends to 

 take, before starting. 



When you have thus worked out your expenses 

 to a round sum, then add half as much again for 

 contingencies, and you will probably find it near 

 your expenditure. 



It is particularly in regard to stores of all kinds 

 that this advice applies. If one is about to under- 

 take a journey with porters, everything that you 

 require should be packed before leaving England, 



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