From Entebbe to Fort Portal. 
it would be easy to find fresh meat supplies throughout the 
inhabited regions. 
According to calculation 194 porters were needed to carry 
the entire equipment. In addition to these there were the 
caravan leaders, the personal servants, or “ boys,” with their 
own porters, the natives who were needed to take care of the 
horses and mules, and who were to drive the oxen, goats and 
sheep which were provided for the sustenance of the caravan, 
ACROSS THE MARSHES. 
and other natives, with sundry minor attributions. The total 
mounted up to above 300 persons. 
Mr. J. Martin, Collector, who had special experience in 
organizing caravans and journeys, had caused the men to be 
selected and got together during the months preceding the 
arrival of the Italian expedition by Sig. Bulli, an ex-employe 
of the Italian Colonial Society, who was also to accompany 
the expedition. 
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