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Assisted by one of the camelmen, who will have extra pay for the 
purpose, he should weigh out the daily rations, and be responsible for all 
native food, and for any game-meat handed over by the hunters. In fact, 
he is responsible to his master for everything that goes on in the caravan. 
On this man the success of the expedition chiefly depends. Having 
once chosen my headman, I allow him to suit himself as regards engaging 
camelmen, insisting that they shall not all belong to one tribe. I always 
choose my personal servants myself. 
In order to calculate roughly the number of baggage -camels and 
camelmen required, it will be necessary to estimate the number of loads 
that would have to be carried if the rations and spare ammunition of the 
camelmen were left out. That is, we must first ascertain the number of 
camel-loads which would be a constant quantity in the calculation. 
Whatever the number of baggage-camels and camelmen may be, the 
European, the headman, and the five personal servants are a constant 
quantity. Three natives engaged locally in the interior may be added to 
this number, so without counting the baggage camelmen we have one 
European and nine Somalis to provide rations for. 
Thus we have the following camel-loads, namely, — 
(a) 42 days’ rations for 1 European. 
(&) 42 days’ rations for 9 Somalis (witli percentage for guests). 
(c) Baggage of the European. 
(d) Sporting ammunition, spare ammunition for 9 Somalis, and extras. 
We will add up these items. Let A be the resulting number of cam el - 
loads. 
By a simple calculation we can now tell how many baggage camels and 
camelmen we shall want. Thus — 
The custom is for one camelman to look after two camels. 
A camelman’s rations (with percentage for guests) for 42 days will be — 
Bice 
Dates 
Ghee 
His spare ammunition, say 
Total . 89 lbs., 
or a third of a camel-load. 
Thus, as one camelman looks after two camels, the weight due to his 
rations and ammunition will put one-sixth of a camel-load upon each of 
them ; and so to carry five of the loads A we shall want six camels. 
Hence divide the number A by five and multiply by six, and we shall 
have the number of camels we must purchase for the caravan, and the 
number of camelmen we must engage to look after them will be half this. 
I consider 275 lbs. a fair load of European baggage for a Somali camel, 
not counting the weight of the camel-mats. All compact weights, such as 
dates, are difficult to carry, and 260 lbs. is a full load ; while loads dis- 
tributed over plenty of surface, such as rice loghs or water in several hdn s, 
are easily carried, and so in such cases the loads may go up to 340 lbs. 
If we allow camel-loads for 42 days’ rations for one European, and 2J 
for his baggage (including tent, cooking-pots, spare rifles and ammunition, 
and so forth), 1 camel for cloth and extras, and 3 for Somali rations, then 
A stands for 8, and our caravan will require by our rough calculation ten 
baggage camels and five camelmen. 
