346 THROUGH SOMALILAND AND ABYSSINIA 
A man’s rations for 120 days (with percentage added) will be :— 
140 lbs. rice 
75 ,, dates 
25 ,,’ ghee 
add ammunition 10 
water 7 days 70 
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320 lbs. 
Say 17; camel-loads. 
By another calculation similar to those previously employed, we shall 
find that we would want 70 camels and 35 baggage camelmen. 
Thus we have our caravan composed as follows :— 
1 European. 2 Arab trotting camels. 
1 headman. 1 pony for European. 
1 personal camelman. 70 baggage camels. 
1 sais. 7 spare camels, 
1 cook. 
1 butler. 
2 hunters. 
35 baggage camelmen. 
3 temporary jungle servants. 
Total 45 Somalis, 1 European. 
In my last trip to the Webbe, occupying three months, I had 55 
camels and 30 men. The trip cost me about £300 altogether. 
The expenses can be calculated on the lines of Example I. There will, 
however, be certain modifications. 
Somalis have a prejudice against going to the Webbe. They have 
fear of fever and mosquitoes, and a dread of Gallaland. They therefore 
expect higher pay to go to these countries. On my last Webbe trip my 
ordinary camelmen, who would take 15 rupees per month for trips in 
Guban, Ogo, Haud, and Ogadén, asked 18 rupees throughout the journey 
if we reached the Webbe, and 20 rupees if we reached the Galla tribes. 
Circumstances have combined to place all Somali wages at a very high 
figure. The pay of a body-servant in India is about 10 rupees per month, 
but if taken to Aden, the same man requires double pay, or 20 rupees per 
month. The Somali, who is trained to domestic service in Aden, naturally 
says he will not take less than the Indian who does the same work. The 
Somali at Berbera requires the same wages which he has been accustomed 
to get at Aden, and similar causes, together with intense laziness, in- 
dependence, and avarice combined, tend to raise the price of labour in 
Somaliland. 
The Arab trotting camels I have recommended, could be bought in 
Aden, including light coolie-saddles (without stirrups), for about 150 to 
200 rupees each. Great care should be taken in choosing these animals, 
an Arab expert who can be trusted being employed. The attendant for 
these camels should be a Somali accustomed to them. There are many 
Somalis who have served in the Berbera camel-police who have this 
qualification, but an ordinary Somali knows nothing about them. Besides 
jowdrt and water at regular intervals, about a quart of sweet or other 
