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need expect to get nothing more by coming up in Berbera. The bulk of 
the animals and kit should be sent down with the men, to be handed to 
the agent for sale by auction. Only a few necessary camels and men 
need be kept at the shooting camp, and during the two or three days’ 
halt the trophies can be prepared in bundles ready for transport by 
steamer, small delicate specimens going in the empty store-boxes ; at the 
same time search-parties might be out looking for koodoo. During the 
Karif wind it is pleasant in the hills, while at Berbera there are constant 
sand-storms, and so for half the day nothing can be done. 
Both for a week before and after the expedition it is advisable to keep 
the headman, body-servant, and cook to assist in the arrangements at 
Aden and Berbera. Berbera has been named as the most convenient 
port, but a start may also be made from Bulhar or Zeila ; and the camels, 
if a large number be required, may be collected simultaneously from all 
three places. 
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