210 BIG-GAME SHOOTING IN UPPER BURMA 



the end of a bamboo pole, and a weight of 

 12 lbs. at each end of the pole is about the 

 limit one man will carry. So that store-boxes 

 weighing between 40 and 60 lbs. will have 

 to be carried by two men, one at each end of 

 the pole and the box slung in the middle. If 

 expense is no object the amount of kit and 

 stores taken need only be limited by the number 

 of men that can be collected to accompany the 

 sportsman ; but the greater the number, the 

 greater will be the delay in collecting fresh relays 

 for each march. In out-of-the-way places coolies 

 will be quite content to receive six annas per 

 man for a short march of five or six miles. 

 For a longer march of from eight to ten miles 

 they will expect eight annas per man. At the 

 commencement of the rains — the best time for 

 big-game shooting — the men will be busy on 

 their fields, and it will not always be easy to 

 get them. Fowls and eggs can be got in most 

 villages at varying prices. On the beaten track 

 fowls will cost from eight to twelve annas each ; 

 eggs, one anna. In the remoter districts small 

 fowls can be got for two or three annas each, 

 larger ones from four to six annas. Eggs are 

 always rather scarce, and if a plentiful supply 

 is desired it is well to pay one anna each for 

 them, wherever you may be. Milk is unobtain- 

 able anywhere, except in towns. The Burmese 

 do not milk their cattle. As regards drinks, 



