APPENDIX I 
On Fitting Out Somali Expeditions 
General Observations 
Example I. — Calculation of six weeks’ trip to Guban and Ogo— Composition of caravan, 
and expenses. 
Example II. — Eight weeks’ trip to the Haud and the more accessible parts of Ogaden. 
Example III. — Sixteen weeks’ trip to distant Ogaden and the Webbe — General notes 
on trips to the Webbe and Gallaland — Notes on caravan defence— Notes on 
preliminary steps, and how to engage and pay off a caravan. 
For an English sportsman, Somaliland is probably the best hunting- 
ground in Africa. The climate is healthy, and not too hot in the higher 
districts ; the English are universally popular, and the natives appreciate 
sport. The caravan, when once properly provisioned at the coast, renders 
one independent in a country practically without villages or supplies. 
The game is shy and not too easy to get, which is an advantage from a 
sporting point of view. There is room for many simultaneous expeditions 
if they are only pushed into unexplored ground, and a great variety of 
game is found within a limited area. Above all, there is easy access to 
the Somali coast from civilised parts. 
I have been asked so often to give information to intending travellers 
to Somaliland, that, for the guidance of those who contemplate visiting 
that country, I publish the following suggestions. 
It is not to be expected that every traveller can share the same views 
on subjects connected with the fitting-out of an expedition. ; but by way 
of illustration I shall calculate a few examples of the caravans which I 
should myself organise for certain definite objects. Whether the intending 
traveller agree with me or not, he will at least gain an insight into some 
of the more necessary details connected with the needs and precautions 
attendant upon the fitting-out and conducting of caravans into the interior 
of Somaliland. 
To begin with, if there are two or more Europeans in an expedition, in 
my opinion each should have his own caravan complete. There are 
several reasons for this. Where there are two or three Europeans with 
a combined caravan of mixed servants, it is difficult to ensure that equal 
loyalty shall be extended by the Somalis to each member of the party. 
Interests clash, and the result has, according to all I have heard, too 
often been a spoilt trip. In my journeys with my brother the value of 
