370 



A NATURALIST IN MID-AFRICA. 



s. 



£ s. d. 



Brought forward 







88 5 



10 



Shot gun 



..5 











300 Cartridges (No. 5 green) 



..17 











Eevolver 



.. 15 











100 Cartridges 



..0 4 



2 







Gun cases and cartridge bags ... 



.. 1 13 







8 19 



2 











£97 5 







It will be seen that even such an outfit as given 

 here is not far short of £100, of which guns and 

 cartridges came to £23 lis. 8d., and photographic 

 materials £19 7s. 6d. One may fairly allow that 

 these can be disposed of on the return journey for 

 about a third of their value. 



It will be noticed that, instead of a fitted 

 canteen, utensils of seamless steel and enamelled 

 iron are put down. It is true that these can be 

 broken, but it requires more trouble to do this 

 than the average servant will take. Ordinary 

 canteens are far too delicate for a Suahili cook. 

 These kitchen utensils are best carried in baskets ; 

 it is as well to allow two baskets, one a full load, 

 and the other half a load, and in these items 

 bought on the road and tins actually in use can 

 be carried. 



With regard to tents, Edgington is certainly the 

 best man to patronise. Mine was a composite 

 one. Originally it was a tente cVabri ; to this I 

 added walls about 3 feet high, and subsequently 

 a green rot-proof fiy with special light poles. The 



